Israeli forces suffered heavy losses on Monday night, after a coordinated ambush by Palestinian resistance fighters targeted occupation soldiers in Beit Hanoun, in the northern besieged Gaza Strip.
Quds Press reported that six Israeli soldiers were killed and ten others wounded after Palestinian fighters targeted them in the city of Beit Hanoun, which the Hebrew media called one of the most difficult incidents the military has experienced since October 7, 2023.
The same source reported that the Al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of the Islamic Resistance Movement Hamas, claimed responsibility for the operation, which took place in an area the army had previously “cleared”.
Hebrew media reported that resistance fighters detonated an explosive device near an armored tank carrying soldiers, proceeded to target two consecutive rescue units, and then targeted the infantry unit with live fire.
According to Israeli media, military helicopters evacuated several wounded soldiers from the scene under heavy resistance fire, in a scene they described as chaotic, while military vehicles burned.
في ظلّ تقارير تشير إلى وقوع "حدث أمنيّ استثنائيّ" في قطاع غزة؛ قنابل إنارة يُطلقها الجيش الإسرائيلي في سماء شمال القطاع، وفي المقابل كثّف قصفه وغاراته على مختلف المناطق بغزة، بشكل كبير. pic.twitter.com/OuC9pSZGjn
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Quds Press quoted political analyst, Iyad Al-Qarra who remarked on the operation, saying: “The Beit Hanoun operation was not a passing incident. It sent a strategic message: The battlefield is far from decided. The resistance still holds surprises. And the occupation faces a deep military and political crisis.”
The Arab 48 News website reported that the army announced, on Tuesday morning, that five of its soldiers from the Netzah Yehuda Battalion were killed and fourteen others were wounded, including two critically.
According to the Yedioth Ahronoth website, the soldiers killed in the operation were identified as Staff Sergeant Meir Shimon Amar, 20, Sergeant Moshe Nissim Paresh, 20, Major General (res.) Binyamin Assulin, 28, and Staff Sergeant Noam Aharon Musgadian, 20, and Staff Sergeant Moshe Shmuel Noll, 21, adding that four of the soldiers were from the Netzah Yehuda unit, and one was from the Northern Brigade of the Gaza Division.
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