"Al-Qassam" Executes Major Attacks in Rafah and Khan Yunis.. and Reveals Details

SadaNews: Israeli media reported that the resistance in Gaza launched two major attacks, one targeting the Kfir Brigade headquarters in Rafah, while another targeted a site in Khan Yunis, described as exceptional. Al-Qassam revealed the details of the Khan Yunis operation.

Israeli media stated that Palestinian militants, believed to be from the Al-Qassam Brigades, executed an attack on a Kfir Brigade position in the city of Rafah in southern Gaza Strip, attempting to capture Israeli soldiers.

It confirmed that the attack resulted in the injury of 3 Israeli soldiers, one of whom is in critical condition, while helicopters were deployed to transport the injured to hospitals.

The Israeli army radio stated that the Israeli forces monitored the Palestinian cell, and warplanes participated in repelling the attackers, killing some of them according to their claims.

Khan Yunis Operation

In parallel with this operation, Yedioth Ahronoth newspaper reported that 14 Palestinian militants unexpectedly breached the Israeli defenses and attacked an army site in Khan Yunis, injuring two soldiers during clashes.

The Israeli army radio mentioned that an attack by more than 10 militants attempting to raid an Israeli site was thwarted, describing it as an exceptional incident in Khan Yunis.

Israel Hayom reported clashes occurred after the attack carried out by more than 10 militants on an army site in southern Gaza Strip.

Al-Qassam Provides Details

The Al-Qassam Brigades announced that they managed "this morning to raid a newly established enemy site southeast of Khan Yunis city in the southern strip with a Qassam force composed of an infantry unit".

It stated that its fighters stormed the site and targeted several Merkava 4 tanks with a number of explosive devices and resistance tools as well as 105mm Yassin shells. They also targeted several houses where occupation soldiers were fortified, securing them with 6 anti-fortification shells and machine gun fire.

It added that several fighters stormed the houses and eliminated several occupation soldiers at close range with light weapons and hand grenades, also successfully sniping the commander of a Merkava 4 tank, inflicting fatal injuries.

In its statement, it mentioned that its elements bombarded the surrounding sites of the operation with a number of mortar shells to cut off reinforcements, and bombarded the site of the operation with a number of mortar shells to secure their withdrawal from the area.

It confirmed that as soon as the rescue force arrived, one of the martyrs detonated himself among the soldiers, causing casualties among them, noting that the attack lasted for several hours, and that its fighters monitored the landing of rescue helicopters.

It is worth noting that the Kfir Brigade, or Brigade 900, was established in 2005, and is one of the largest infantry brigades in the Israeli army, comprising several battalions and elite units specialized in urban warfare and complex areas.

In Gaza Strip, the brigade participated in the war that followed the "Al-Aqsa Flood" operation, and among the violations committed by its units was the raid on the Mahdiya Al-Shawa School in northern Gaza Strip on April 16, 2024, forcing detained men to strip off their clothes.

On August 28, 2024, the Kfir Brigade led the "Summer Camps" operation launched by the Israeli occupation army in the West Bank, with the participation of units from the Border Guards and undercover units, and military engineering.