Feb. 22: ‘Axis of Resistance’ operations against Israeli occupation

By Press TV Website Staff

Amid Israel’s genocidal war on Gaza, which has killed more than 29,000 Palestinians so far, including at least 13,000 children, resistance groups in Palestine and across the region continue their operations against the Tel Aviv regime and its Western backers.

The operations carried out by the Palestinian and regional resistance groups on Thursday, February 22, are as follows: 

Al-Qassam Brigades' operations on Feb. 22:

• Targeted a Merkava tank belonging to the Israeli military with a Yassin-105 rocket in the Zaytoun neighborhood, Gaza City.
• Targeted a special Israeli military force inside a house with TBGs, followed by clashes using machine guns in the neighborhood west of Khan Younis City, southern Gaza.
• In a joint operation with the Mujahideen Brigades, shelled a gathering of Israeli forces with mortar shells, south of the Zaytoun neighborhood in Gaza City. 
• Destroyed an Israeli armored personnel carrier (APC) with a Yassin-105 rocket in the Sheikh Nasser area of Khan Younis city. 

Al-Quds Brigades' operations on Feb. 22:

• Shelled a gathering of Israeli soldiers in the Zaytoun neighborhood southeast of Gaza City with a barrage of 60mm regular mortars.
• Sniped an Israeli regime soldier in the neighborhood west of Khan Younis city. 
• Shelled "Mefalsim" and "Nir Am" areas occupied by the regime with a rocket barrage.
• Shelled a gathering of Israeli regime soldiers around the Ashour Mill in the Zaytoun neighborhood, Gaza City, with mortar shells and 107mm rockets.

Mujahideen Brigades' operations on Feb. 22:

• Targeted Israeli soldiers' positions east of Beit Hanoun with mortar shells.
• Shelled a gathering of Israeli soldiers in southeast Gaza with short-range rockets.
• Shelled a gathering of Israeli forces south of the Al-Zaytoun neighborhood in Gaza City with mortar shells in a joint operation with the Al-Qassam Brigades.

The Nasser Salah al-Din Brigades' operations on Feb. 22:

• Shelled gatherings and positions of Israeli soldiers north of the Gaza Strip with 107mm rockets.

Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades' operations on Feb. 22:

• In a joint operation with the Omar Qassem Forces, launched a 107mm rocket barrage at the Israeli military supply line in the southern axis of Gaza City, causing direct hits.
• Shelled Israeli military gatherings and their vehicles with several 60mm standard caliber mortar shells east of Al-Bureij camp in the central Gaza Strip.
• Shelled Israeli military gatherings and their vehicles with a 107mm rocket barrage in the northern axis of Gaza.
• Engaged in fierce clashes with Israeli soldiers using machine guns and anti-tank shells in the Al-Zaytoun neighborhood, east of Gaza City.
• Sniped an Israeli regime soldier, hitting him directly in the eastern Gaza axis.
• Targeted an Israeli military vehicle with a tandem rocket in the Al-Zaytoun neighborhood, damaging it completely.
• Targeted an Israeli military quad copter spy drone and seized it in the eastern Gaza Strip.
• Shelled a gathering of Israeli forces with 60mm caliber standard mortar shells in the axis of the Al-Zaytoun neighborhood east of Gaza City.

Hezbollah’s operations on Feb. 22:

Eastern sector:

• At around 8:15 am, the headquarters of the 769th Eastern Brigade in Kiryat Shmona was targeted with appropriate weapons.
• At around 8:15 local time, Israeli soldiers stationed in the Kfar Yuval colony were targeted with appropriate weapons.
• At around 11:30 local time, the Ruwaisat Al-Alam site in the Shebaa was targeted with missiles.
• At around 11:35 local time, the Al-Sammaqa site in Shebaa was targeted with missiles.
• At around 17:40 local time, Israeli soldiers in Al-Manara Colony were targeted.
• At around 18:00 local time, Israeli soldiers in the Metulla settlement were targeted.
• At around 19:00 local time, Yoav Barracks was targeted with Katyusha rockets.
• At around 19:10 local time, the Keila Barracks was targeted with dozens of Katyusha rockets.
• At around 23:30 local time, the Maale Golan Barracks was targeted with a missile.

Western sector:

• At around 15:00 local time, surveillance equipment at the Birkat Risha site was targeted.
• At around 16:55 local time, Israeli soldiers in the Hanita site were targeted with missiles.
• At around 19:40 local time, the Barkat Risha site was targeted with two Burkan missiles.

Yemeni military's operations on Feb. 22:

• A missile and drone attack on the Israeli-occupied city of Eilat, causing substantial damage and casualties.
• A missile attack targeting a British ship 'Islander' in the Gulf of Aden, causing substantial damage and flooding on the ship.
• A drone attack (kamikaze drone) targeting a US destroyer in the Red Sea, causing substantial damage.

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