April 18: ‘Axis of Resistance’ operations against Israeli occupation

By Press TV Website Staff

Amid Israel’s genocidal war on Gaza, which has killed nearly 34,000 Palestinians so far, including more than 16,000 children, resistance groups in Palestine and across the region continue their operations against the Tel Aviv regime and its Western backers.

The major operations carried out by the Palestinian and regional resistance groups on Thursday, April 18, are as follows:

Al-Qassam Brigades' operations on April 18:
(Gaza Strip and West Bank) 

• Confronted a battalion of armed Israeli soldiers with explosive devices after they stormed Nour Shams camp in Tulkarem city in the occupied West Bank. 
• Targeted Israeli forces stationed in the "Netzarim" axis with heavy-caliber mortar shells.
• Detonated mines on a convoy of Israeli military vehicles invading the Al-Mughraqa area in the central Gaza Strip, resulting in the destruction of a number of vehicles and severe injuries to many regime soldiers. 
• Detonated two rigged tunnel openings on Israeli military’s engineering forces in the Al-Mughraqa area of the central Gaza Strip, resulting in a number of casualties. 
• Sniped an Israeli soldier east of Beit Hanoun in the northern Gaza Strip.

Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades' operations on April 18:
(Gaza Strip and West Bank) 

• Engaged in fierce clashes with Israeli forces at the axes of Al-Manshiya neighborhood in Nour Shams camp, Tulkarem city. 
• Engaged in fierce clashes with Israeli forces on several fronts at Nour Shams camp, Tulkarem city.
• Bombed the gatherings of Israeli soldiers located on the “Netzarim” axis with heavy-caliber mortar shells.
• Bombed a gathering of Israeli soldiers and their military vehicles infiltrating east of Deir Al-Balah in the central Gaza Strip with mortar shells. 
• Bombed a gathering of Israeli soldiers and their military vehicles with mortar shells east of the city of Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip.

Al-Quds Brigades' operations on April 18:
(Gaza Strip and West Bank) 

• Confronted the Israeli forces and targeted their military reinforcements with a heavy barrage of bullets in several areas of the city of Nablus in occupied West Bank. 
• Engaged in fierce clashes with Israeli forces  on several fronts and detonated a minefield on a number of regime vehicles, resulting in the destruction of vehicles and casualties. 
• Bombed "Asqalan", "Sderot" and other illegal Israeli settlements around Gaza with a barrage of rockets. 

Al-Asifah Forces' operations on April 18:
(Gaza Strip) 

• In a joint operation with the Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades, targeted the Abu Mutibaq military site east of the central Gaza Strip with a barrage of heavy-caliber mortar shells.

Hezbollah's operations on April 18:
(Lebanon) 

Eastern sector:

• At around 00:05 local time, Israeli soldiers were targeted at the Metula site, resulting in a number of casualties.
• At around 12:00 local time, Israeli soldiers in the Al-Marj site were targeted, resulting in many casualties. 
• At around 17:00 local time, the Zibdin site in Lebanon's Shebaa was targeted with artillery shells.
• At around 17:20 local time, the Ruwaisat Al-Alam site in Lebanon's Kafr Shuba was targeted with appropriate weapons. 
• At around 18:23 local time, Israeli soldiers in Al-Manara Colony were targeted with appropriate weapons. 
• At around 21:45 local time, an Israeli enemy technical team was targeted in the Ramim barracks, casualties confirmed.

Western sector:

• At around 01:45 local time, Israeli soldiers at the Al-Malikiyah site were targeted with missiles.
• At around 14:00 local time, Israeli soldiers in Hanita forest were targeted with missiles.
• At around 18:00 local time, Israeli soldiers near the Hanita settlement were targeted with missiles.
• At around 18:20 local time, Israeli soldiers in the Yarun settlement were targeted with appropriate weapons.
• At around 20:23 local time, Beit Hilal base was targeted with Falaq missiles.

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