Al-Qassam Brigades Put Up Fierce Resistance
The military wing of Hamas destroyed one Israeli tank and showered Israeli troops with projectiles in eastern Rafah on the southern border of the Gaza Strip, on May 7 in response to Israel's military occupation of the Rafah crossing into Egypt. In a communique, Al-Qassam Brigades said that one Merkava tank burst into flames after it was attacked with one Yassin 105 projectile, amid clashes with Israeli soldiers barricaded inside a nearby building in ash-Shuka neighborhood in eastern Rafah. Resistance fighters from the Brigades also fired barrages of Rajum missiles and mortar shells at Israeli troops and vehicles in eastern Rafah. A similar missile attack targeted the Israeli occupation forces at the Karam Abu Salem military site.
On May 5 the Palestinian Resistance carried out an operation that targeted an Israeli occupation forces' (IOF) position in the town of Karam Abu Salem. According to the Al-Qassam Brigades, resistance fighters targeted the location using a 114 mm short-range Rajum missile system. According to a source in the Resistance, the targeted forces were responsible for the aggression against Rafah and included Israeli military and Shin Bet leaders. Reportedly, five were killed and 10 others were injured. The sources said the Resistance's preparation for the operation, its setup, and intelligence capabilities, affirmed its capabilities to accurately and directly engage its targets.
The extent of the successes achieved by the Resistance Movement can be seen in the response of the IOF. The Israeli newspaper Maariv revealed that the families of over 600 Israeli occupation soldiers carrying out the genocide in Gaza addressed Security Minister Yoav Gallant and Chief of Staff Herzi Halevi in a letter, demanding a backtrack on the Rafah invasion. The newspaper Haaretz reported: "Tens of Thousands of Israelis Protest for Hostage, Cease-fire Deal Amid Reported Progress in Gaza Talks."
Reports read: "With an exceptionally large turnout, Saturday's protests are taking place across Israel's major cities; Protesters are also demanding early elections. At a rally in Jerusalem, the father of Israeli-American hostage Hersh Goldberg-Polin said: Politicians must remember, we are fighting for real people." Voice of America also reported: "Thousands of Israelis protested on Saturday (May 4), demanding Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu accept a cease-fire agreement with the Islamist movement Hamas that would see the remaining Israeli hostages brought home from Gaza. At a rally in Tel Aviv that took place as Hamas officials were meeting Egyptian and Qatari mediators in Cairo, relatives and supporters of the estimated 100 hostages still alive and in captivity said anything possible had to be done to bring them home.
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Volume 54 Number 31 - May 8, 2024
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