Feb. 23: ‘Axis of Resistance’ operations against Israeli occupation

By Press TV Website Staff

Amid Israel’s genocidal war on Gaza, which has killed more than 29,400 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 Friday, February 23, are as follows: 

Al-Qassam Brigades’ operations on Feb. 23:

• Targeted a Merkava tank with Yassin-105 shells, southwest of the Al-Zaytoun neighborhood in Gaza.
• Targeted a group of Israeli soldiers inside a house with an anti-personnel rocket, south of Al-Zaytoun neighborhood in Gaza, resulting in casualties.

Al-Quds Brigades’ operations on Feb. 23:

• Ambushed and destroyed two Merkava tanks in a well-planned ambush on Street 8 in Al-Zaytoun neighborhood in Gaza.
• Shelled gatherings of Israeli forces and their vehicles with mortar shells east of the central Gaza Strip.
• Shelled locations of Israeli forces and their vehicles around "Dawla and Street 8" south of Gaza with 60mm mortar shells.
• Targeted two Israeli military vehicles with RPGs in the western axis of Khan Younis city.
• Targeted a Merkava tank with RPGs in the central axis of Khan Younis city.
• Engaged with an Israeli force inside a building, west of Khan Younis city, causing casualties.
• Targeted a Merkava tank with a Tandem rocket in the Arabian Al-Kabira area east of Khan Younis city, resulting in casualties.
• Targeted and detonated a Merkava tank with an explosive device in the Al-Amal neighborhood, west of Khan Younis city.

Al-Aqsa Brigades’ operations on Feb. 23:

• Targeted an Israeli military vehicle with RPGs in the axis south of the Al-Zaytoun neighborhood in Gaza.
• Targeted an Israeli armored personnel carrier (APC) in the axis west of Khan Younis city.
• Targeted a Merkava tank in the axis central of Khan Younis city.
• Shelled gatherings of Israeli soldiers and their military vehicles with 60mm regular mortar shells in the axis of Al-Zaytoun neighborhood, southeast of Gaza City.

Mujahideen Brigades’ operations on Feb. 23:

• Targeted an Israeli force inside a building in the Al-Zaytoun neighborhood with a “Saeer” missile, causing casualties.
• Engaged in fierce clashes with the Israeli army using appropriate weapons on the axes in Khan Younis city.
• In a joint operation with Saraya Al-Quds, sniped several Israeli soldiers stationed atop their vehicles around Tayba Towers, south of the Japanese neighborhood, west of Khan Younis city.
• Engaged in fierce clashes with Israeli soldiers and their vehicles on the axes in the Al-Zaytoun neighborhood in Gaza City.

Hezbollah’s operations on Feb. 23:

Eastern sector:

• At around 9:30 local time, the Regional Council headquarters in the Kiryat Shmona settlement was targeted with two drones.
• At around 16:20 local time, the Ruwaisat Al-Alam site in Shebaa was targeted with missiles.
• At around 16:30 local time, the Radar site Shebaa was targeted with missiles.

Western sector:

• At around 16:00 local time, the Al-Malikiyah site was targeted with two Burkan missiles.
• At around 17:50 local time, the Al-Malikiyah site was targeted with missiles.

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