Al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of the Islamic Resistance Movement “Hamas,” announced on Wednesday, that their forces successfully carried out new operations against Zionist forces in the cities of Khan Yunis and Rafah in southern Gaza.
In a statement, Al-Qassam Brigades said that their fighters destroyed a Zionist armored personnel carrier with a Shuath explosive device, setting it on fire in the middle of Bani Suheila, east of Khan Younis city in the southern Gaza Strip.
“Upon their return from their combat mission, Al-Qassam fighters reported targeting a Merkava 4 tank and a Zionist D9 bulldozer with two Al-Yassin 105 shells and engaging in clashes with an infantry force nearby, causing deaths and injuries among them near Al-Awda Mosque in the city of Rafah, southern Gaza Strip,” Al-Qassam Brigades said in another statement.
Meanwhile, the Israeli military continues its operations in Khan Yunis for the second consecutive day, resulting in the death of 129 individuals and the injury of 416 others, with dozens still missing, amid intense shelling targeting civilians’ homes and all public facilities.