On the 76th day of the war on Gaza, the Izz al-Din al-Qassam Brigades – the military wing of the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) – bombed Greater Tel Aviv with a large missile salvo, and announced the killing of 17 Israeli soldiers in two operations in the Gaza Strip, while the occupation army continued to bomb residential areas, leaving more… Martyrs and destruction.
The Al-Qassam Brigades announced that they bombarded Tel Aviv on Thursday with a large missile barrage. They also announced a series of new operations against the occupation forces in the Gaza Strip, confirming that they killed 17 Israeli soldiers in two separate operations.
The Al-Qassam Brigades said – through its account on the Telegram application – that the missile attack it fired at Greater Tel Aviv came in response to the massacres committed by the occupation forces in Gaza.
The Israeli army reported intercepting 20 missiles, while Israeli sources said that at least 35 missiles were fired towards Tel Aviv.
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Abu Ubaida: Eliminating the resistance is a failure
In a related development, Abu Ubaida, the military spokesman for the Izz al-Din al-Qassam Brigades, said that Israel must stop its aggression and fulfill the demands of the Palestinian resistance to release its prisoners in Gaza.
Abu Ubaida stated – in a recorded speech obtained by Tel Aviv Tribune – that if Israel wants its prisoners alive, it has no choice but to stop the aggression, stressing that “the continuation of the aggression does not allow the release of the prisoners.”
He pointed out in his short speech that the occupation’s goal of eliminating the resistance is doomed to failure, explaining that “the lost and crisis-ridden enemy has not learned from the experiences of history, and continues to repeat its follies and historical mistakes, because it is disconnected from the reality of our people and ignorant of its civilization.”
Abu Ubaida touched on the operations of the Al-Qassam Brigades during the last week, where they carried out more than 15 successful sniper operations, and the number of occupation vehicles they targeted since the start of the ground aggression reached 720 vehicles.
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Hamas’s popularity
On the other hand, the American CNN network said that a wave of new analyzes conducted by American intelligence agencies warned that the credibility of the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) and its influence have greatly increased in the Middle East and beyond during the past two months since the start of the Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip. On the seventh of last October.
The network quoted American officials as saying that Hamas has succeeded in positioning itself in some parts of the Arab and Islamic world as a defender of the Palestinian cause and an effective fighter against the Israeli occupation, after it launched Operation Al-Aqsa Flood.
A senior US administration official also stated – according to the network – that Hamas was not a very popular organization before last October 7, but today it has become more popular.
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A call to dissolve the war council
On the other hand, Israeli Minister of National Security Itamar Ben Gvir called for the dissolution of the war ministerial council, due to what he considered the failure of the war council to manage the battle over the Gaza Strip.
The Military Ministerial Council includes Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, Strategic Affairs Minister Ron Dermer, and ministers without portfolio Benny Gantz and Gadi Eisenkot, and was formed on October 11 to manage the war on the Gaza Strip.
Ben Gvir, leader of the far-right Jewish Power party, said in a tweet on the “.
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The issue of prisoners
Regarding the prisoner exchange file between the Palestinian resistance and Israel, the American website Axios quoted Israeli officials as saying that Tel Aviv had made an offer regarding a new prisoner exchange deal with the Palestinian factions, and that it expected a response from the Qatari mediators within a few days.
Israeli officials denied that there were ongoing talks on a prisoner exchange, saying they had not actually begun.
In this context, Israeli media said that the Hamas movement insists that the upcoming prisoner and detainee exchange deal include the release of 3 prominent Palestinian leaders from Israeli prisons, namely: Marwan Barghouthi, a member of the Central Committee of the Palestinian National Liberation Movement (Fatah), and the Secretary-General of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine. Ahmed Saadat, and Hamas leader Abdullah Barghouti.
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Famine warning
On the humanitarian level, the World Food Program said that Gaza is facing catastrophic hunger, and a new report by the program predicted that famine would occur if the conflict continued.
The program also warned of the risk of famine in Gaza unless sufficient food, clean water, medical services and sanitation are provided.
There is no evidence of entering the tunnels from the Shifa complex
An investigation by the American newspaper The Washington Post revealed that Israel’s evidence does not rise to the level of showing that Hamas used Al-Shifa Hospital as a command and control center.
The investigation added that none of the five buildings in Al-Shifa Hospital identified by the Israeli army are connected to the tunnel network.
The investigation also confirmed that there is no evidence of the possibility of entering the tunnels from within the corridors of the Al-Shifa Medical Complex.
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