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Al Bawaba
20-07-2025
- Politics
- Al Bawaba
Video: A complex operation to capture Israeli soldiers in Gaza – How Did It End?
ALBAWABA - The Al-Quds Brigades, the military wing of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad, released exclusive footage on Sunday showing a coordinated ambush targeting Israeli forces east of Khan Younis in southern Gaza. The operation aimed to capture Israeli soldiers but was ultimately disrupted by Israeli reinforcements. Also Read Putin's next target after Ukraine exposed by spy ring bust According to the group, the ambush targeted an Israeli armored personnel carrier in the Abasan al-Kabira area. The video showed fighters conducting detailed surveillance of Israeli vehicles and bulldozers prior to the operation. It also captured the planting of explosive devices and the fighters preparing for the arrival of the carrier. The footage documented the moment the carrier was hit by a modified "Barq" explosive device, followed by direct engagement between resistance fighters and Israeli troops. The Al-Quds Brigades confirmed that while the initial phase of the ambush was successful, nearby Israeli forces intervened, preventing the capture of soldiers. The confrontation led to the death of the intended captive and the loss of several fighters from the brigades. Earlier this month, a field commander from the Al-Quds Brigades described the same incident as a 'complex and high-level operation' aimed at seizing Israeli soldiers in the Khan Younis area.' Over the past weeks, the Al-Quds Brigades have increased the publication of video documentation of their operations across northern and southern Gaza. The resistance factions, led by the armed wings of Hamas and Islamic Jihad, continue to declare their intent to capture more Israeli soldiers and increase the number of detainees held in Gaza. Since the war began on October 7, 2023, the Israeli military has reported 893 soldier fatalities and 6,108 injuries. However, Palestinian resistance groups maintain that the actual figures are significantly higher. As the Israeli ground offensive continues, resistance factions have intensified their ambushes, damaged or destroyed hundreds of military vehicles, and launched sustained rocket attacks on Israeli cities and settlements.
Al Mayadeen
15-07-2025
- Politics
- Al Mayadeen
Al-Quds Brigades unveils complex operation against IOF, among others
The Palestinian resistance continues to torment occupation forces 21 months into "Israel's" genocidal war on Gaza. Today, Al-Quds Brigades revealed details of a high-level operation east of Khan Younis, targeting a Zionist armored personnel carrier in an attempt to capture occupation soldiers. The operation is one of several resistance operations in Gaza carried out over the past week amid intensifying confrontations with occupation forces. A field commander from the Al-Quds Brigades' Khan Younis division confirmed that the operation took place last Tuesday, July 8, in the Abasan al-Kabira area. According to the commander, fighters detonated Barq explosive devices that had been strategically planted along the route of an approaching armored personnel carrier following days of field surveillance. 'The explosion completely destroyed the vehicle and set it ablaze,' the commander reported. 'Our fighters immediately stormed the carrier, engaging in close-quarters combat with the crew and managed to drag one soldier with the intention of capturing him.' The operation was disrupted when nearby Israeli military vehicles intervened, opening heavy fire on the area using shells and machine guns. The exchange resulted in the death of the targeted soldier and the martyrdom of several Al-Quds Brigades fighters. 'This was not our first attempt,' the commander noted. 'There were several prior efforts in areas of direct engagement. We remain confident in our fighters and, God willing, success will follow.' Earlier today, the Al-Quds Brigades announced the destruction of another Israeli military vehicle using a pre-planted barrel explosive near the Islamic University in the Ma'an area, southeast of Khan Younis. Additionally, the Brigades confirmed that on July 10, a high-explosive device was used during an occupation incursion into the Central Street area of Shujaiya, east of Gaza City. The device, manufactured via reverse engineering, successfully destroyed the invading military vehicle. The Al-Quds Brigades released video footage showing fighters launching coordinated attacks on occupation forces stationed at Jabal al-Sourani, east of the Tuffah neighborhood in Gaza City. The attacks included 107mm rockets and mortar shells. سرايا القدس تعرض مشاهد من استهدافها قوات الاحتلال الإسرائيلي على جبل الصوراني شرق حي التفاح في مدينة غزة بصواريخ (107) وقذائف الهاون#غزة a related development, the Al-Quds Brigades announced Tuesday that they had taken control of a Zionist reconnaissance drone while it was conducting intelligence-gathering missions over the Tuffah neighborhood in eastern Gaza City.
Malay Mail
15-07-2025
- Politics
- Malay Mail
Is Gaza's ‘humanitarian city' plan ethnic cleansing? Mediators struggle as death toll rises, hostages remain in limbo
GAZA CITY, July 15 — Stuttering Gaza ceasefire talks entered a second week on yesterday, with mediators seeking to close the gap between Israel and Hamas, as more than 20 people were killed across the Palestinian territory. The indirect negotiations in Qatar appear deadlocked after both sides blamed the other for blocking a deal for the release of hostages and a 60-day ceasefire after 21 months of fighting. An official with knowledge of the talks said they were 'ongoing' in Doha yesterday, telling AFP: 'Discussions are currently focused on the proposed maps for the deployment of Israeli forces within Gaza.' 'Mediators are actively exploring innovative mechanisms to bridge the remaining gaps and maintain momentum in the negotiations,' the source added on condition of anonymity. Hamas accused Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu — who wants to see the Palestinian militant group destroyed — of being the main obstacle. 'Netanyahu is skilled at sabotaging one round of negotiations after another, and is unwilling to reach any agreement,' the group wrote on Telegram. In Gaza, the civil defence agency said at least 22 people were killed yesterday in the latest Israeli strikes in and around Gaza City and in Khan Yunis in the south. An Israeli military statement said troops had destroyed 'buildings and terrorist infrastructure' used by Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad militants in Gaza City's Shujaiya and Zeitun areas. The Al-Quds Brigades — the armed wing of Islamic Jihad, which has fought alongside Hamas — released footage yesterday that it said showed its fighters firing missiles at an Israeli army command and control centre near Shujaiya. The military later yesterday said three soldiers — aged 19, 20 and 21 — 'fell during combat in the northern Gaza Strip' and died in hospital yesterday. Another from the same battalion was severely injured. An anti-Israel cartoon mocking Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is displayed at Palestine Square in central Tehran on July, 13, 2025. — AFP pic Talks 'ongoing' US President Donald Trump said he was still hopeful of securing a truce deal, telling reporters on Sunday night: 'We are talking and hopefully we're going to get that straightened out over the next week.' Hamas's top negotiator, Khalil al-Hayya, and the leadership of Hamas and Islamic Jihad held a 'consultative meeting' in Doha on Sunday evening to 'coordinate visions and positions', a Palestinian source with knowledge of the talks told AFP. 'Egyptian, Qatari and American mediators continue their efforts that make Israel present a modified withdrawal map that would be acceptable,' they added. On Saturday, the same source said Hamas rejected Israeli proposals to keep troops in more than 40 percent of Gaza, as well as plans to move Palestinians into an enclave on the border with Egypt. A senior Israeli political official countered by accusing Hamas of inflexibility and trying to deliberately scupper the talks by 'clinging to positions that prevent the mediators from advancing an agreement'. Encampments sheltering Palestinians displaced by conflict are pitched near the Sheikh Radwan wastewater collection pond, which is nearing its filling capacity, in Gaza City on July 14, 2025. — AFP pic Pressure Netanyahu has said he would be ready to enter talks for a more lasting ceasefire once a deal for a temporary truce is agreed, but only when Hamas lays down its arms. He is under pressure to wrap up the war, with military casualties rising and with public frustration mounting at both the continued captivity of the hostages taken on October 7 and a perceived lack of progress in the conflict. Politically, Netanyahu's fragile governing coalition is holding, for now, but he denies being beholden to a minority of far-right ministers in prolonging an increasingly unpopular conflict. He also faces a backlash over the feasibility, cost and ethics of a plan to build a so-called 'humanitarian city' from scratch in southern Gaza to house Palestinians if and when a ceasefire takes hold. Israel's security establishment is reported to be unhappy with the plan, which the UN agency for Palestinian refugees and Israel's former prime minister Ehud Olmert have described as a 'concentration camp'. 'If they (Palestinians) will be deported there into the new 'humanitarian city', then you can say that this is part of an ethnic cleansing,' Olmert was quoted as saying by The Guardian newspaper late on Sunday. Hamas's attack on Israel in 2023 resulted in the deaths of 1,219 people, most of them civilians, according to an AFP tally based on official figures. A total of 251 hostages were taken that day, of whom 49 are still being held, including 27 the Israeli military says are dead. Israel's military reprisals have killed 58,386 Palestinians, mostly civilians, according to the health ministry in Hamas-run Gaza. — AFP
Observer
15-07-2025
- Politics
- Observer
Mediators toil to wrap up Gaza talks
GAZA CITY: Stuttering Gaza ceasefire talks entered a second week on Monday, with meditators seeking to close the gap between Israel and Hamas, as more than 20 people were killed across the Palestinian territory. The indirect negotiations in Qatar appear deadlocked after both sides blamed the other for blocking a deal for the release of hostages and a 60-day ceasefire after 21 months of fighting. An official with knowledge of the talks said they were "ongoing" in Doha on Monday, saying: "Discussions are currently focused on the proposed maps for the deployment of Israeli forces within Gaza." "Mediators are actively exploring innovative mechanisms to bridge the remaining gaps and maintain momentum in the negotiations," the source added on condition of anonymity. Hamas accused Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu — who wants to see the Palestinian militant group destroyed as a fighting force — of being the main obstacle. "Netanyahu is skilled at sabotaging one round of negotiations after another, and is unwilling to reach any agreement," the group wrote on Telegram. In Gaza, the civil defence agency said at least 22 people were killed on Monday in the latest Israeli strikes in and around Gaza City and in Khan Yunis in the south. An Israeli military statement said troops had destroyed "buildings and terrorist infrastructure" used by Hamas in Gaza City's Shujaiya and Zeitun areas. The Al Quds Brigades — has fought alongside Hamas — released footage on Monday that it said showed its fighters firing missiles at an Israeli army command and control centre near Shujaiya. US President Donald Trump said he was still hopeful of securing a truce deal, telling reporters on Sunday night: "We are talking and hopefully we're going to get that straightened out over the next week." Hamas's top negotiator, Khalil al Hayya, and the leadership of Hamas held a "consultative meeting" in Doha on Sunday evening to "coordinate visions and positions", a Palestinian source with knowledge of the talks said. "Egyptian, Qatari and American mediators continue their efforts that make Israel present a modified withdrawal map that would be acceptable," they added. On Saturday, the same source said Hamas rejected Israeli proposals to keep troops in more than 40 per cent of Gaza, as well as plans to move Palestinians into an enclave on the border with Egypt. A senior Israeli political official countered by accusing Hamas of inflexibility and trying to deliberately scupper the talks by "clinging to positions that prevent the mediators from advancing an agreement". — AFP
Arab News
14-07-2025
- Politics
- Arab News
Mediators working to bridge gaps in faltering Gaza truce talks
GAZA CITY, Palestinian Territories: Stuttering Gaza ceasefire talks entered a second week on Monday, with meditators seeking to close the gap between Israel and Hamas, as more than 20 people were killed across the Palestinian territory. The indirect negotiations in Qatar appear deadlocked after both sides blamed the other for blocking a deal for the release of hostages and a 60-day ceasefire after 21 months of fighting. An official with knowledge of the talks said they were 'ongoing' in Doha on Monday, telling AFP: 'Discussions are currently focused on the proposed maps for the deployment of Israeli forces within Gaza.' 'Mediators are actively exploring innovative mechanisms to bridge the remaining gaps and maintain momentum in the negotiations,' the source added on condition of anonymity. Hamas accused Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu — who wants to see the Palestinian militant group destroyed — of being the main obstacle. 'Netanyahu is skilled at sabotaging one round of negotiations after another, and is unwilling to reach any agreement,' the group wrote on Telegram. In Gaza, the civil defense agency said at least 22 people were killed Monday in the latest Israeli strikes in and around Gaza City and in Khan Yunis in the south. An Israeli military statement said troops had destroyed 'buildings and terrorist infrastructure' used by Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad militants in Gaza City's Shujaiya and Zeitun areas. The Al-Quds Brigades — the armed wing of Islamic Jihad, which has fought alongside Hamas — released footage on Monday that it said showed its fighters firing missiles at an Israeli army command and control center near Shujaiya. The military later on Monday said three soldiers — aged 19, 20 and 21 — 'fell during combat in the northern Gaza Strip' and died in hospital on Monday. Another from the same battalion was severely injured. US President Donald Trump said he was still hopeful of securing a truce deal, telling reporters on Sunday night: 'We are talking and hopefully we're going to get that straightened out over the next week.' Hamas's top negotiator, Khalil Al-Hayya, and the leadership of Hamas and Islamic Jihad held a 'consultative meeting' in Doha on Sunday evening to 'coordinate visions and positions,' a Palestinian source with knowledge of the talks told AFP. 'Egyptian, Qatari and American mediators continue their efforts that make Israel present a modified withdrawal map that would be acceptable,' they added. On Saturday, the same source said Hamas rejected Israeli proposals to keep troops in more than 40 percent of Gaza, as well as plans to move Palestinians into an enclave on the border with Egypt. A senior Israeli political official countered by accusing Hamas of inflexibility and trying to deliberately scupper the talks by 'clinging to positions that prevent the mediators from advancing an agreement.' Netanyahu has said he would be ready to enter talks for a more lasting ceasefire once a deal for a temporary truce is agreed, but only when Hamas lays down its arms. He is under pressure to wrap up the war, with military casualties rising and with public frustration mounting at both the continued captivity of the hostages taken on October 7 and a perceived lack of progress in the conflict. Politically, Netanyahu's fragile governing coalition is holding, for now, but he denies being beholden to a minority of far-right ministers in prolonging an increasingly unpopular conflict. He also faces a backlash over the feasibility, cost and ethics of a plan to build a so-called 'humanitarian city' from scratch in southern Gaza to house Palestinians if and when a ceasefire takes hold. Israel's security establishment is reported to be unhappy with the plan, which the UN agency for Palestinian refugees and Israel's former prime minister Ehud Olmert have described as a 'concentration camp.' 'If they (Palestinians) will be deported there into the new 'humanitarian city', then you can say that this is part of an ethnic cleansing,' Olmert was quoted as saying by The Guardian newspaper late on Sunday. Hamas's attack on Israel in 2023 resulted in the deaths of 1,219 people, most of them civilians, according to an AFP tally based on official figures. A total of 251 hostages were taken that day, of whom 49 are still being held, including 27 the Israeli military says are dead. Israel's military reprisals have killed 58,386 Palestinians, mostly civilians, according to the health ministry in Hamas-run Gaza.
