Jan. 16: ‘Axis of Resistance’ operations against Israeli occupation

By Press TV Website Staff

Resistance groups in Palestine and across the region continue their operations against Israel and its Western backers amid the regime's genocidal war on the Gaza Strip, which has claimed the lives of almost 24,000 Palestinians, mostly children and women.

The operations carried out by the Palestinian and regional resistance groups on Tuesday, January 16, are as follows:

Qassam Brigades' operations on Jan. 16:

• Bombarded the occupied city of Netivot with a massive barrage of rockets.
• Targeted an Israeli troop carrier with a ‘Shuath’ device and an ‘Al-Yassin 105’ shell, north of Sheikh Radwan neighborhood in Gaza City.
• Targeted an Israeli military vehicle with a ‘Yassin 105’ shell and engaged in clashes with an infantry force using machine guns and grenades west of Tal al-Hawa in Gaza City, causing Israeli casualties.
• Pounded a gathering of Israeli military vehicles and soldiers in Khan Yunis, south of the Gaza Strip, with mortar shells.
• Seized an Israeli military drone that was on a spying mission in the border region.
• Targeted two Israeli military tanks with ‘Al-Yassin 105’ shells and a military bulldozer with two anti-armor devices, and engaged in clashes an infantry, south of Khan Yunis city.
• Targeted concentrations of Israeli military penetrating north of the Nuseirat camp in the central Gaza Strip with heavy-caliber mortar shells.
• Targeted an Israeli troop carrier on Jabal Al-Rais, east of the Al-Tuffah neighborhood in Gaza City, and engaged in clashes with soldiers near it, causing deaths and injuries.
• Targeted concentrations of Israeli soldiers east of the Al-Tuffah neighborhood in Gaza City with mortar shells.

Hezbollah's operations on Jan. 16

Eastern Sector:

• At around 14:00 local time, targeted the Samaqa site in the occupied Lebanese Shebaa Farms with missile weapons, hitting it directly.
• At around 15:30 local time, pounded the vicinity of the illegal Israeli settlements in the occupied area of Nabi Yusha with appropriate missiles as a response to Israeli attacks on southern villages.
• At around 16:20 local time, targeted the Bayad Blida site with appropriate weapons, hitting it directly.

Western Sector:

• At around 10:45 local time, targeted a gathering of Israeli soldiers east of the ‘Even Menachem’ settlement with rocket weapons.
• At around 16:20 local time, bombed a gathering of Israeli soldiers around the Ramia site with appropriate weapons, hitting them directly.
• At around 18:20 local time, targeted the Hadab Al-Bustan site with Burkan missiles, hitting it directly.

Iraqi resistance’s operation on Jan. 16:

• Released the footage of an operation in which it used a long-range missile (Arqab) against an Israeli target in the heart of the occupied territories.
• Attacked the US-occupied Conoco base deep inside Syria with a rocket salvo, inflicting heavy damage and possible casualties.

 Yemeni military’s operations on Jan. 16:

• The naval forces of the Yemeni Armed Forces carried out an operation against the ‘Zogravia’ ship, which was heading to the ports of occupied Palestine, with several appropriate naval missiles, hitting it directly and inflicting damage.

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