5/26/2024–|Last updated: 5/26/202406:13 AM (Mecca time)
The Izz al-Din al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas), broadcast a video clip showing what appears to be an Israeli soldier lying on the ground with traces of blood, and one of the al-Qassam fighters dragging him into a tunnel, after setting up an Israeli force in a precise ambush.
The broadcast of the clip came after a speech by Abu Ubaida, the military spokesman for the Izz al-Din al-Qassam Brigades, in which he announced the capture, killing and wounding of Israeli soldiers during a complex operation on Saturday afternoon in the northern Gaza Strip, where they lured an Israeli force into a tunnel in the Jabalia camp.
Abu Ubaida said, in a video speech obtained by Tel Aviv Tribune and broadcast after midnight, that fighters from the “Al-Qassam Brigades” ambushed members of the Israeli force inside the tunnel in Jabalia and at its entrance, and they were able to engage this force from a distance of zero.
He explained that Al-Qassam fighters attacked the support force that rushed to the place with explosive devices, hit them directly, and then withdrew after blowing up the tunnel used in the operation.
Abu Ubaida confirmed that Al-Qassam fighters killed, wounded and captured all members of the Israeli force and seized military equipment.
The video concluded with the phrase, “This is what was allowed to be published and the rest of the discussion.”
In turn, the Israeli occupation army denied what Abu Ubaida announced and said that “there is no kidnapping of soldiers.”
This is the first time that the Al-Qassam Brigades have announced the capture of Israeli soldiers in Gaza since the Al-Aqsa Flood Battle launched by the Palestinian resistance on October 7.
