'Israel' reports casualties as resistance grows in Gaza, Khan Younis
Both incidents resulted in military casualties, with wounded soldiers evacuated by military helicopters to Tel Hashomer, Beilinson, Soroka, and Ichilov hospitals, according to Israeli media.
Meanwhile, the Israeli army acknowledged a soldier was wounded in ongoing confrontations in northern Gaza, while Israeli Channel 12 reported that three soldiers were injured in Khan Younis battles after an explosive device detonated near a military vehicle.
Al Mayadeen's correspondent confirmed a helicopter landing east of the al-Zaytoun neighborhood intersection, apparently to evacuate occupation army casualties, adding that the helicopters fired during extraction while warplanes breached the sound barrier to provide air cover.
These developments come as Palestinian Resistance factions continue to inflict heavy losses on the Israeli army through ambushes and top-tier operations.
The al-Quds Brigades, the military wing of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad, announced it had destroyed an Israeli army vehicle in Sheikh Nasser, east of Khan Younis, using a pre-planted bomb. The brigades also shelled enemy troop groupings on Al-Sourani Hill, east of Gaza City's al-Tuffah neighborhood, with mortar rounds.
On its part, Hamas' military wing, the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades, reported that its fighters returned from engagement lines after carrying out three top-tier operations, east of Gaza City's al-Zaytoun neighborhood. These included destroying a military excavator with a high-powered explosive on July 9, 2024, a Merkava tank on July 6, and two D9 military bulldozers on July 2 of the same month.
The al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades released footage showing their mortar units shelling gatherings of occupation soldiers and vehicles with heavy-caliber rounds, along with intercepting a surveillance drone conducting intelligence operations over Khan Younis.
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