Abu Ubaida, spokesman for al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of Hamas, has vowed that resistance operations against the Israeli occupation will continue “until it is vanquished.”
“Our fighters, the heirs of the prophets, continue to hurl the Stones of David at Gideon’s Chariots, striking down the arrogance of the occupation until it is vanquished,” Abu Ubaida said in a statement issued on Friday.
He praised the resilience of the resistance fighters, stating that through their heroism, “they inscribe the triumph of the faithful and oppressed over the arrogant and tyrannical.”
Referring to a Friday morning ambush in the southern Gaza city of Khan Yunis, which left five Israeli soldiers dead and others wounded, Abu Ubaida said, “the losses inflicted upon the occupation today in Khan Yunis and Jabalia are but a continuation of a series of precision operations—a model of what awaits the occupying forces wherever they set foot.”
Palestinian resistance groups conducted a series of successful operations across the Khan Yunis on Friday, targeting key Israeli military positions amid continued Israeli offensives in the Gaza Strip.
Fighters from the Al-Quds Brigades, in coordination with Hamas’ Al-Qassam Brigades, struck the Israeli occupation’s headquarters near Canada Hall in southeastern Khan Yunis with a heavy mortar barrage.
In a separate operation, resistance fighters destroyed an Israeli military vehicle using a powerful improvised explosive device (IED) in the Kafr Qarara area in northern Khan Yunis.
Another Israeli armored target was also neutralized in the Al-Jumayza area during a precision resistance operation.
Addressing Israeli settlers, Abu Ubaida warned that they faced two choices: “force their leadership to end this genocidal war or prepare to receive more of their sons in coffins.”
Relentless Israeli bombardment and siege have left at least 54,381 Palestinians martyred and more than 124,054 injured in the Gaza Strip, according to local health authorities.
On Friday, Palestinian resistance fighters carried out a deadly ambush targeting Israeli forces in Khan Yunis, amid the regime’s intensified genocidal campaign across the Gaza Strip.
According to the Gaza-based Safa news agency, citing Hebrew-language sources, an Israeli special forces unit was targeted in an attack east of Khan Yunis. A booby-trapped building reportedly exploded, resulting in the deaths of five soldiers and injuries to others.
“At least five soldiers were killed and seven wounded, including two in critical condition, by blowing up a building by military force,” the agency reported.
Safa added that Israeli military helicopters were deployed for urgent air evacuations from the combat zone inside Gaza.
The Palestinian Information Center reported that the Israeli unit had entered a building prepared in advance by Palestinian fighters. The structure exploded and collapsed on 12 soldiers, with efforts to evacuate the wounded hindered by ongoing heavy fire.
