Aug 19: ‘Axis of Resistance’ operations against Israeli occupation

By Press TV Website Staff

Amid Israel's genocidal war on Gaza, which has killed nearly 40,200 Palestinians so far, the majority of them 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 Monday, August 19, are as follows:

Al-Qassam Brigades' operations on August 19:

• Targeted Israeli forces gathered north of Hamad City in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, with mortar shells.
• Targeted three Israeli military Merkava tanks with Al-Yassin 105 shells, a Namer armored personnel carrier, and a D9 military bulldozer with two Tandem shells in Badr Camp near Abd al-A'al Stadium in Tal al-Sultan neighborhood, west of Rafah city.
• In a joint operation with Al-Quds Brigades, carried out a martyrdom operation, on Sunday night, in the city of Tel Aviv. 

Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades' operations on August 19:

• Engaged in a fierce clash with Israeli forces storming the town of Jaba, south of the city of Jenin, occupied West Bank, using machine guns and explosive devices.
• Targeted Israeli forces stationed north of Hamad City, east of Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, with mortar shells.
• Targeted Israeli military forces storming Al-Mureij Street in the city of Nablus, occupied West Bank, with a high-powered explosive device.
• Engaged in fierce clashes with Israeli forces storming the city of Nablus, occupied West Bank, using machine guns.
• In a joint operation with the Ansar Brigades, targeted the position of Israeli soldiers and their military vehicles with mortar shells near the university college in the Tal al-Hawa neighborhood in the southern Gaza Strip. 

Martyr Omar Al-Qasim Forces' operations on August 19:

• Targeted an Israeli military bulldozer that had penetrated the Saudi neighborhood in western Rafah, southern Gaza Strip, with an RPG. 
• Targeted Israeli military concentrations around the Swedish village, west of Rafah city, southern Gaza Strip, with heavy mortars. 
• Targeted Israeli military positions and soldiers around the Rafah border crossing, southern Gaza Strip, with heavy mortars. 

Mujahideen Brigades' operations on August 19:

• In a joint operation with the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, targeted gatherings of Israeli soldiers and military vehicles east of Deir al-Balah with a barrage of 60mm mortar shells. 

Hezbollah’s operations on August 19:

• Israeli forces who infiltrated Hadab Aita were targeted with rockets and artillery shells. 
• The Zarit site was targeted with rockets and artillery shells.
• The Ya'ara site was targeted with drones. 
• The Bayad Blida site was targeted with a Burkan missile.
• The Ramim site was targeted with rockets.
• The Zebdine site in Lebanon's Shebaa was targeted with artillery shells
• The Al-Samaqa site in Lebanon's Kfar Shouba was targeted with appropriate weapons.
• Military buildings in the settlement of Shomera were targeted with rockets.

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