Reports of Successes Achieved by Palestinian Resistance in Gaza

The Palestinian Resistance claims that Israel has so far lost 400 to 500 Israeli military vehicles, most of which are Merkava tanks. Its claims are backed by video evidence and the Arlington, Virginia-based news outlet Axios considers the claim of the resistance to be legitimate. Axios says it crunched the numbers in terms of Israeli military capabilities. Citing Israeli defence information, Axios said that Israel has nearly 2,200 tanks. Other sources say that 1,750 of these tanks are combat-ready, distributed equally between north, south, centre, and the eastern borders of the country, namely the Jordan Valley region.

Axios points out that it is important to keep in mind that many of these tanks are positioned on the porous Israel-Sinai border, and that also many have not entered the war on Gaza to secure the so-called Gaza Envelope (the areas surrounding the Gaza Strip). It concludes that a simple mathematical equation demonstrates that Israel simply does not have the military capability of sustaining its hardware losses in the battlefield for months to come, let alone years.

The report provided by the Al-Qassam Brigades prior to the December 9-10 weekend said that "in the last 72 hours, Al-Qassam fighters completely or partially destroyed 135 military vehicles in all fighting axes in the Gaza Strip."

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Volume 53 Number 30 - December, 2023

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