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The al-Qassam Brigade, the military wing of the Hamas Movement, released on September 25 video footage showing a recent ambush that targeted an armored convoy of the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) to the east of the city of Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip.
During the ambush, Hamas fighters targeted a Merkava MK 4M and two Caterpillar D9 armored bulldozers with locally-made Al-Yassin 105 rocket-propelled grenades from point blank range. All three vehicles were damaged, according to the footage.
In addition, the footage shows an UH-60A Yanshuf helicopter of the Israeli Air Force landing near the convoy after the ambush, most likely to evacuate casualties.
The IDF has been taking some serious human and material losses in Rafah. On September 18, four Israeli troops were killed and several others were wounded after entering a building rigged with explosives in the Tel Sultan neighborhood in the city.
So far, the IDF has lost 348 troops during ground operations against Hamas and other Palestinian factions in Gaza and along its border. Around 2,280 others have been reportedly wounded in the Strip. In addition, over 500 vehicles were hit there, according to Hebrew media.
Meanwhile on the Palestinian side, the death toll from the Israeli war has exceeded 41,400, with women and children making up most of the casualties.
Despite killing tens of thousands of Palestinians and destroying most of Gaza, Israel is yet to fulfill any of the war’s stated goals. Hamas is still ruling the Strip, the group is still very capable militarily and it continues to hold around a hundred Israeli hostages who were captured during the October 7 surprise attack.
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