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The al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of the Hamas Movement, released between October 20 and 22 several videos documenting some of its recent attacks against the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) in the Gaza Strip.
Two of the videos released by the group showed the complete destruction of a pair of Merkava MK 4M main battle tanks with heavy improvised explosive devices to the east of the Jabalya refugee camp in northern Gaza.
Another video from the same area showed an Israeli armored unit being ambushed by Hamas fighters. During the ambush a Namer armored personnel carrier and yet another Merkava MK 4M tank were blown up with rocket-propelled grenades.
In the last video, Hamas fighters are seen targeting a Namer carrier with an explosive device, snipping an Israeli soldier standing over a Merkava MK 4M tank and firing mortars at multiple gatherings of the IDF in the al-Khazindar area near Gaza City in the northern part of the Strip.
The IDF took heavy losses in northern Gaza in recent weeks. On October 20, it acknowledged that the commander of the 401st Armored Brigade, Colonel Ehsan Daqsa, was killed by an explosive device blast in Jabaliya. The commander of the brigade’s 52nd Battalion was seriously wounded in the same attack.
The death of the commander brought Israel’s toll in the ground operations against Hamas and other Palestinian armed factions in Gaza and along its border to 358. More than 2,280 others have been reportedly wounded. In addition, over 500 vehicles were hit in the Strip, according to Hebrew media.
Meanwhile on the Palestinian side, the death toll from the Israeli war has exceeded 42,700, with women and children making up most of the casualties.
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