The military and strategic expert, Colonel Hatem Karim Al-Falahi, described the operation carried out by the Al-Qassam Brigades – the military wing of the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) – in Tal Al-Sultan, west of Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, as a specific, complex and very harmful operation to the occupation forces.
The Al-Qassam Brigades announced the implementation of a complex ambush against Israeli enemy vehicles in Tal Al-Sultan, west of Rafah. While the Israeli “Hadshot Bazman” website said that 8 soldiers were killed in the attack.
Al-Qassam said that it targeted a D-9 bulldozer with an Al-Yassin 105 missile in the Saudi neighborhood of Tal Al-Sultan, killing and wounding its crew. “Immediately upon the arrival of a rescue force, we targeted a Tiger troop carrier with an Al-Yassin 105 missile, which led to its destruction and the killing of all Its members.
Colonel Al-Falahi spoke – in an analysis of the military scene in Gaza – about the details of the operation carried out by Al-Qassam, and said that it comes within the developments of the battle in Rafah, which was subjected to very intense bombardment by the Israeli occupation forces yesterday and today, Saturday.
He stated that the Al-Qassam Brigades targeted the D-9 bulldozer, which usually bulldozes the land and opens roads for the forces and vehicles penetrating the area. When the bulldozer was destroyed, the occupation attempted to carry out a rescue operation, so it drove a tiger vehicle, which is an integrated vehicle with many cameras that transmit a complete picture of the field. The battle.
The Tiger vehicle also has a great combat potential, with 8 people inside and a command crew of 3 people in the cabin, and the maximum load capacity is between 14 soldiers, including a commander and a fighter, in addition to its payload of up to 10 tons, i.e. reserve equipment and combat capabilities.
Despite the specifications of this vehicle, Colonel Al-Falahi says that the Al-Qassam Brigades were able, in their very precise operation, to destroy it and kill everyone in it.
Colonel Al-Falahi pointed out that the intense Israeli naval, air and artillery bombardment that followed the Al-Qassam Brigades operation confirms that there was a military operation carried out that led to the killing of very large numbers of the occupation forces, explaining that the occupation forces’ throwing of smoke bombs in the area – according to sources – was for the purpose of removing the dead and wounded. Those who fell in Operation Qassam.
According to the Israeli “Hadshot Bazman” website, military helicopters transported the bodies of the soldiers – all from the engineering corps – in the Rafah accident to Beilinson and Shaare Zedek hospitals, confirming that 8 families were informed of the killing of their children.