The Israeli occupation army announced that an officer with the rank of major was killed, and two others were seriously injured in battles that took place at night in the southern Gaza Strip.
Yesterday evening, Monday, Israel announced that more of its soldiers and officers had been wounded, while the Al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas), confirmed that it had carried out a series of operations against the occupation forces in the central and southern Gaza Strip.
For its part, Soroka Hospital in the Negev announced that it received 15 Israeli soldiers during the day yesterday as a result of the fighting in Gaza, and earlier yesterday – also – the Israeli army announced that 18 of its soldiers and officers were injured as a result of the fighting in Gaza within 24 hours.
This came in conjunction with the withdrawal of an entire military division from the Gaza Strip, out of 4 divisions that Israel deployed in its war on the Strip that has been ongoing for more than 100 days.
Zero distance
In turn, the Al-Qassam Brigades said yesterday evening that its fighters raided an Israeli foot force with machine guns from zero distance from one of the tunnels, and were able to eliminate 5 soldiers, east of the city of Khan Yunis, south of the Gaza Strip.
It also announced that another foot force was targeted with an anti-personnel missile, killing and wounding east of the city of Khan Yunis as well.
In the same axis, Al-Qassam said that its fighters detonated a “thunder” anti-personnel device against an Israeli foot force that advanced towards the eye of one of the tunnels.
Al-Qassam also bombed two gatherings of occupation vehicles and soldiers in the city of Khan Yunis with heavy-caliber mortar shells, according to what was stated in its posts on Telegram, and it also targeted an Israeli bulldozer with an Al-Yassin 105 shell.