Palestinian sources on Friday reported intense clashes erupting between Palestinian resistance and Zionist forces in the Qishta neighborhood and Halal Market, west of Rafah, southern Gaza Strip. The battles coincided with intense fighting unfolding in the Yabna refugee camp in Rafah.
Reporting on the war’s events, Al-Qassam Brigades targeted a Merkava 4 tank using a Yassin 105 shell near the Awadallah junction in the Yabna camp.
In the eastern part of Deir al-Balah, Al-Qassam struck a fortified Zionist infrastructure using a TBG shell, resulting in casualties among the occupation forces.
Al-Qassam released footage showing their fighters engaging in direct combat with occupation forces infiltrating eastern Deir al-Balah.
In turn, the Al-Quds Brigades reported targeting the headquarters of the Zionist army’s Gaza Division, located in the Ra’im site, using a salvo of rockets.
They further reported targeting several military vehicles breaching the Palestinian-Egyptian border west of Rafah with a barrage of heavy-caliber mortar shells.
They targeted enemy positions on the supply line in the Netzarim axis, located south of Tel al-Hawa, west of Gaza City, with mortar shells.
The Brigades’ military press released footage of their shelling of the occupied city of Ashdod and Zionist positions near the Netzarim axis, south of Gaza City.
On their part, the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades reported targeting military vehicles with mortar shells in eastern Deir al-Balah.
In the eastern part of the Al-Bureij refugee camp, central Gaza, the brigades pounded occupation forces with several mortar shells.
They also targeted the Zionist command and control headquarters positioned at the Netzarim axis with heavy-caliber mortar shells.
In turn, the Nasser Salah al-Din Brigades, the military wing of the Popular Resistance Committees, bombarded occupation forces stationed at the Netzarim axis with heavy-caliber mortar shells.
The Martyr Omar al-Qassem Forces, the military wing of the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine, targeted an infantry patrol in the Sultan neighborhood, west of Rafah, with an anti-personnel RPG shell.
Meanwhile, in the southeastern part of Gaza City, its fighters managed to seize an Israeli Sky Lark reconnaissance drone while it was conducting reconnaissance missions.
The Mujahideen Brigades, the military wing of the Palestinian Mujahideen Movement, documented their rocket barrage targeting the Zionist ‘Third Eye’ outpost.
The Martyr Abu Ali Mustafa Brigades, the military wing of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, also shared footage of their bombardment of occupation forces with mortar shells, in coordination with the Al-Qassam Brigades.
While the resistance continues to repel Zionist forces, the occupation forces on Thursday admitted to the deaths of two soldiers among its ranks in southern Gaza.
Zionist news sources clarified that one of the killed soldiers belonged to the Givati Brigade and was killed during an exchange of fire with a group that infiltrated from Gaza into the other side of the separation line, near the Kerem Shalom crossing.
Zionist media further reported the death of a soldier due to an explosive device detonation in a tunnel in Rafah.
Meanwhile, the Al-Qassam Brigades reported carrying out a “behind the lines” operation, enabling militants to breach the Zionist separation fence in Rafah and attack the headquarters of the occupying brigade.
On a related note, the Al-Qassam Brigades reported detonating a booby-trapped tunnel on an occupation foot force of 5 soldiers, eliminating the force near Tel Zoarab, west of Rafah.
While the occupation remains tight-lipped about its losses and imposes strict censorship on them, information and documented footage released by the resistance in Gaza confirm that its casualties and injuries are much greater than officially announced.
Yemeni Resistance continues embargo
Spokesperson for the Yemeni Armed Forces Brig. Gen. Yahya Saree announced on Friday that Yemeni forces carried out two joint operations in the Red Sea “against two ships belonging to companies that violated the ban on entry to the ports of occupied Palestine.”
The spokesman clarified that the armed forces targeted the Maltese-registered Elbella container ship and Cyprus-registered Aal Genoa cargo ship. Both were targeted in the Red Sea using drones and ballistic missiles.
“Both operations come in solidarity with the people of Palestine in response to crimes perpetrated by the Zionist regime on displaced Gazans in Rafah,” Saree said, adding that they also happen to come as part of the expansion of Yemeni military operations in the fourth stage of escalation.
Last month, the Yemeni Armed Forces announced the “fourth phase of escalation” targeting the occupation and Zionist-linked ships in international waters. The range of operations has now come to include ships transiting the Mediterranean Sea.
In this stage, the Yemeni Armed Forces “will impose comprehensive sanctions on all ships and companies that are related to supplying and entering the occupied Palestinian ports of any nationality and will prevent all ships of these companies from passing through the armed forces’ operation zone, regardless of their destination.”
YAF push the USS Einshower away from the Yemeni coast
On Thursday, Ansar Allah leader Sayyed Abdul-Malik al-Houthi announced plans for a larger attack on the US Carrier Strike Group 2’s flagship, USS Dwight D. Eisenhower.
In his weekly address, Al-Houthi highlighted the Yemeni Armed Forces’ operations and praised the resilience of the Palestinian Resistance in Gaza against the occupation.
“Among the prominent and most important operations conducted this week is the targeting of the American aircraft carrier Esseinhower on two occasions in the other Red Sea in a period of 24 hours,” Sayyed al-Houthi added.
Yemeni Armed Forces fired seven cruise missiles and four attack drones at the USS Eisenhower, Al-Houthi said.
Sayyed al-Houthi said that the Eisenhower was located approximately 400 km away from the Yemeni coast, however, it sailed 480 km northwest following the attacks.
“The operation targeting the aircraft carrier Eisenhower was successful, and overflights stopped for two days following the attack,” he stated.
“Amerian warships flee and change their course when the [YAF’s] operations are successful,” the leader unveiled, saying that the YAF had been capable of monitoring these movements.
“The [Americans] try to deny the targeting of Eisenhower, and this is due to [their] embarrassment and feeling of defeat and loss of his prestige,” Sayyed al-Houthi added.
“The aircraft carrier Eisenhower will remain among the targets of our armed forces whenever the chance arises,” he underscored.
“The facts will become clear no matter how much the Americans try to deny the targeting operations, and the upcoming strikes will be more effective,” he stressed.
Iraqi Resistance continues attack on the entity
The Islamic Resistance in Iraq announced that it had “struck a vital target within our occupied lands using drones,” at dawn, on Saturday.
The Islamic Resistance in Iraq further affirmed that it will continue to conduct strikes against “enemy strongholds” stressing that this is part of the second phase of Resistance operations against the Zionist occupation.
The operation comes in support of the Palestinian people in Gaza and in response to the Zionist occupation’s continued massacres against unarmed Palestinian civilians.
Al-Nujaba movement official warns ‘Zionists’ against any ‘foolish acts’ in Iraq
Sheikh Ali al-Asadi, the head of the political bureau of the Iraqi al-Nujaba Movement, affirmed that the Islamic Resistance in Iraq “will remain a support and an ally for the Palestinian cause.”
Al-Asadi warned against the Zionist occupation committing any foolish acts against individuals or positions in Iraq, stressing that “any such foolishness from the occupation” would be met with a “harsh response to the Zionists and Americans.”
This comes as Iraq’s Resistance escalated their operation in support of occupied Palestine and the steadfast people and Resistance of the Gaza Strip.