Click to see full-size image. Source: the Israeli Defense Forces.
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) announced on November 2 that troops clashed with the Hamas Movement in the northern Gaza Strip overnight.
In a statement, the IDF said that troops from the 1st “Golani” Brigade led “prolonged battles” against Hamas fighters who had fired missiles, set off explosive devices and hurled grenades at the forces.
Golani troops fought back, assisted by artillery and tank shelling and while calling in an airstrike and missile strikes by the Navy, the IDF added.
“At the end of the fighting, dozens of terrorists were killed,” the IDF said.
The IDF said that troops from The 933rd “Nahal” Brigade also encountered a group of Hamas fighters and directed airstrikes against them. Reservist forces, meanwhile, directed an airstrike against an anti-tank squad, with navy support, according to the IDF.
In addition, the IDF reported more strikes on Hamas targets in Gaza, including weapons manufacturing and storage facilities, anti-tank missile launching positions and drone launching positions. Video footage showing a few of the recent strikes were released.
It’s worth noting that the IDF announced a day earlier the commander of Hamas’s anti-tank guided missile array, Muhammad A’sar, was killed in a strike on Gaza.
Separately, the IDF acknowledged that a commander in the 7007th Battalion of the Etzioni Brigade was killed by Hamas fighters during clashes in Gaza. The new casualty brought up the number of Israeli troops killed in the Strip since the start of the ground operation on October 27 to 17.
The IDF has been advancing along al-Rasheed Street on the coast of Gaza, near the city of Beit Lahia in the northeastern part of the Strip and in Wadi Gaza, right to the south of Gaza City.
From its side, Hamas’ military wing, Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades, announced on November 1 that its fighters had targeted a main battle tank, two armored bulldozers and two other military vehicles with rocket-propelled grenades near the coast of Gaza. Another tank and a gathering of troops were targeted in Wadi Gaza.
Recently released videos by Hamas showed attacks with rocket-propelled grenades and explosives against several tanks and armored personnel carriers, an attack with an armed drone against a gathering of troops and a mortar attack against a gathering of armored vehicles.
Despite recent losses, the Israeli leadership appears to be determined to go on with the ground operation in Gaza. The current objective of the IDF is to besiege then occupy the northern part of Gaza, including Gaza City. Later, Israeli troops could attack the southern part, pushing more than two million Palestinians towards the sealed border with Egypt.
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the two man mortar team acting with synchronised precision against goliath back in gaza.
this conflict isn’t a war between armies, pretty much as i expected. it’s a purge of the civilian population.
17 dead idf soldiers according to israel. let’s say they downplay the numbers by 10x, that’s still less military casualties than what happens in ukraine every couple of hours, beneath notice really.
unless iran gets involved for real, in a ww3 type of capacity, it’s safe to say that israel got gaza pretty much on a silver platter. west bank next.
destruction by fire! tunnel rats under panic!
absolutely right…the kremlin is the next rat hole to be cleaned by fire…hahahaha
alexander’s get in da ass.
at the end of the fighting, dozens of terrorists were killed,” the idf said.
clearly talking about its own soldiers.
hamas copium…
shlomo the whimp homo sexualicus.
hamas debería usar más drones fpv para atacar a las concentraciones de tropas israelíes ya que por lo que se ve en el vídeo su avance en el terreno, es lento , se los ve a lo soldados israelíes muy vulnerables y desprotegidos, también hamas deberían utilizar más grupos de francotiradores y colocar más ied explosivos improvisados en el terreno.
the idf says they “targeted facilities” of hamas. the fuzzy videos they release look like high rise residential apartment buildings (which are a very common sight in gaza). they haven’t actually shown any proof those were “hamas facilities”. truth is always a casualty in war. of course, hamas is also full of it, and spread propaganda. they claim to wipe out large numbers of idf troops, without any actual proof to back up that claim.
never stop derping.
yo lance dude.. take another look at the second last video. whilst most of the idf scum scamper like kike-roaches when the grenade lands, quite a few of them get taken out.
idf forces are so pathetic i hear that after walking 1-2km in the heat with full gear packs the fagg0t and dyke idf are exhausted.
it is believed 1 in 3 of the female idf terrorists who are active now are full lesbian and are actually stronger than the male idf who are self confessed jens holm style meat pipe smokers… meaning half the idf play the skin flute with each other… a night without a tube steak for idf boy is a night go hungry