By Palestine Chronicle Staff  

From Juhr Al-Dik, in northern Gaza, to Shaboura, in the furthest south, Palestinian Resistance in Gaza was active on all fronts.

Al-Qassam Brigades started the day with a statement referencing a “complex ambush”, engaging with Israeli soldiers “from point-blank range” in the town of Shaboura, in the southern city of Rafah. 

The ambush killed and wounded several Israeli soldiers, according to Al-Qassam. 

Below are the latest statements by the two main Resistance forces in Gaza. 

The statements were communicated via their Telegram channels and are published here in their original form.

Al-Qassam Brigades (Hamas)

“During a complex ambush yesterday, Tuesday… Al-Qassam fighters succeeded to engage with a Zionist force entrenched inside a house in Al-Shaboura camp in Rafah City from point-blank range, causing them to fall between dead and wounded. 

“During the clash, our fighters also targeted a Zionist Merkava tank that was present to secure the force with an Al-Yassin 105 shell. As soon as the rescue force arrived, the location and its surroundings were bombarded with mortar shells.

Al-Qassam Brigades published scenes from the targeting of Israeli gatherings east of Juhr Al-Dik with short-range "SK-8" missiles in conjunction with Saraya Al-Quds. pic.twitter.com/kKm2A3eIpd

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“Al-Qassam fighters, in cooperation with Saraya Al-Quds fighters, managed to engage with a Zionist force in Al-Shaboura camp in Rafah City, eliminating one of the soldiers at point-blank range. They also targeted a Zionist Merkava 4 tank with an Al-Yassin 105 shell and bombarded the surrounding area of the operation with mortar shells.

“Al-Qassam fighters, in conjunction with the fighters of Saraya Al-Quds, were able to target the Zionist gatherings east of Juhr Al-Dik with short-range SK-8 missiles.

“Al-Qassam Brigades target a Zionist Merkava tank with an Al-Yassin 105 shell in the Al-Shouka area, east of the city of Rafah, south of the Gaza Strip.

“Al-Qassam Brigades target a D9 military bulldozer with an Al-Yassin 105 shell in the Al-Shouka area, east of the city of Rafah, south of the Gaza Strip.

“Al-Qassam Brigades targeted a Zionist Merkava 4 tank with a Shuath device previously planted near Al-Firdous School in the Tal Al-Sultan neighborhood, west of the city of Rafah, south of the Gaza Strip.

"A weapon that we never abandon is supplication. We ask Allah always to make us steadfast, protect us, look after us, and prepare us to be His soldiers."

The Lebanese movement Hezbollah published scenes of commander Fouad Shukr, who was killed in an Israeli strike on Beirut on… pic.twitter.com/NAbwtrI7hq

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“Al-Qassam Brigades target a Zionist Merkava tank with an Al-Yassin 105 shell near Al-Firdous School on Al-Bahr Street, west of the city of Rafah, south of the Gaza Strip.

“In a complex operation in the Al-Shouka area east of the city of Rafah, Qassam fighters were able to target a Zionist Merkava tank and a D9 military bulldozer, setting it on fire with two Al-Yassin 105 shells, targeting the rescue forces upon their arrival, and destroying a troop carrier and two D9 bulldozers with Al-Yassin 105 shells. Clashes are still continuing in the area of the operation.”

Al-Quds Brigades (Islamic Jihad)

“We shelled with mortars a gathering of Zionist enemy soldiers and vehicles on the supply line in the Netzarim axis.”

(The Palestine Chronicle)