Hamas, Islamic Jihad launch military operations against Israeli occupation forces in Gaza
GAZA, Aug. 13 (YPA) – The military wings of Hamas and the Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) announced a series of operations targeting Israeli forces and military vehicles across several areas of the Gaza Strip, inflicting significant damage and casualties.
In a statement released Tuesday, the al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of Hamas, said its fighters carried out multiple operations in al-Mansoura Street in the al-Shujaiya neighborhood, east of Gaza City.
On Tuesday, fighters targeted an Israeli Merkava tank with a locally produced tandem charge rocket-propelled grenade (RPGs), known as Yassin-105, while earlier operations were conducted in July.
The group also announced three separate operations against Israeli forces in eastern Gaza City. They are as the following:
On July 4, a Merkava tank was also targeted with a Yassin 105 shell. A day later, fighters struck a house where a number of Israeli soldiers had taken cover, firing three anti-personnel RPGs, causing deaths and injuries.
On July 9, al-Qassam snipers targeted three Israeli soldiers, killing and wounding them.
On July 16, the brigades targeted an Israeli command and control site with machine guns, an anti-personnel shell, and a “Rajoum” rocket.
On July 25, fighters targeted a Merkava tank and two D9 military-grade bulldozers using tandem-charge shells and Yassin 105 munitions.
In a joint attack with the al-Quds Brigades, the military wing of the Islamic Jihad, al-Qassam said its fighters bombarded a gathering of Israeli soldiers and military vehicles with mortar shells on Monday in the al-Satr al-Gharbi area, north of Khan Younis in southern Gaza.
The al-Quds Brigades also announced the destruction of an Israeli military vehicle by detonating a high-explosive “Thaqeb” device during an incursion into al-Arnab Street in the al-Katiba area of central Khan Younis.
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