Edgar Lee
After the establishment of the U.S.-backed “Gaza Humanitarian Foundation” so-called aid centers in southern Gaza, the U.S. and Israel have been using them as points to lure Palestinians out to massacre them, with 516 people killed from May 27 to Tuesday (06/24) while trying to obtain aid. Meanwhile, the Palestinian resistance has continued to win tactical victories in their Stones of David counter-offensive against Israel’s failing Operation Gideon’s Chariot.
Hamas’s military wing Al-Qassam Brigades has continued to carry out their counter-offensive in recent weeks. A video was released outlining how fighters, on June 14, carried out their “Ambush of the Righteous”, where the planning and conduction of a complex ambush against Israeli vehicles in Northern Zanna is shown. Several videos throughout June showcased sniper attacks against Israeli troops.
Video released by the Al-Qassam Brigades showcasing their Ambush of the Righteous. Credit: Resistance News Network.
On June 17, near Khan Younis, Al-Qassam Brigades fighters attacked an Israeli military unit with mortars, a military site with rockets, and a military bulldozer, reporting joint attacks on IDF soldiers alongside the Al-Quds Brigades.
On Tuesday (06/24), the resistance eliminated seven Israeli soldiers in an ambush in Khan Yunis, southern Gaza, after a fighter climbed atop an armored personnel carrier and dropped a Qassam-made anti-armor explosive into the open hatch of the vehicle, which caught fire, killing all troops inside. The IDF was unable to extinguish the fire for hours, and relief forces came under ambush by the resistance. At least 16 Zionist soldiers were injured in the same operation, according to Israeli media who called the battle a blow to Netanyahu’s false celebrations of victory over Iran.
While this was the most spectacular operation, multiple Israeli tanks, armored personnel carriers, and armored bulldozers were targeted by armor-penetrating bombs and RPGs in the last two weeks, with the Zionist military censor continuing to hide battlefield losses—except in engagements with such high casualties the censor cannot function, as in the 06/24 operation.
Israel’s Operation Gideon’s Chariot, initiated on May 18, has been a costly and failing offensive whose goal, according to Israel, is to control the entire Gaza Strip and conclude the war with an Israeli victory. Instead, the Zionists are drawn deeper into the quagmire of the Palestinian resistance.
The IDF continues killing and starving hundreds of civilians daily due to inability to kill resistance fighters—all while suffering from ingenious ambushes. With the initiation of the operation, Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu promised that Israeli troops would not retreat from Gaza. Israel has failed to keep its promise, with the majority of Israeli troops in Gaza being ordered to retreat following Iran’s justified self-defense against Israel. Resistance forces took advantage of Israel pulling brigades, warplanes, and helicopter gunships from Gaza to wage the US-Zionist war of aggression on Iran—the resistance advanced as the occupation retreated, driving up its number of ambushes and sniper operations and scoring significant victories.
Image: A Qassam fighter sets an explosively-formed penetrator, a Gaza-built and highly-effective anti-armor weapon, to detonate on the crew compartment of a Zionist Armored Personnel Carrier, screenshot from a Qassam video released mid-June.
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