Hamas fighters shot down an Israeli helicopter in Gaza

Fighters of the "Ezzedin al-Qassam Brigades" group, the military wing of the Palestinian "Hamas" Islamic resistance movement, shot down an Israeli army helicopter with a "surface-to-air" missile in the east of Khan Yunis.

Hamas fighters shot down an Israeli helicopter in Gaza
Hamas fighters shot down an Israeli helicopter in Gaza

Reporting this news on Saturday, the 99th day of the war, the Ezzedine al-Qassam Brigades group added that four Israeli army Merkava tanks, one armored personnel carrier were also destroyed by an Eliasin-105 missile in an attack by resistance fighters east of Khan Younis. and one bulldozer. At the same time, another group of Palestinian fighters targeted a number of Israeli soldiers with mortars east of Khan Younis, killing a number of Zionist soldiers. "Al-Jazeera" TV channel stated that since early morning today (Saturday), the conflict between the Israeli military and resistance groups escalated in the east of Deir al-Balah, especially around the "Al-Aghsa Martyrs" hospital. It should be noted that the fuel of the "Al-Aghsa Martyrs" hospital has run out, and the electricity supply to this medical center has been stopped. According to the statement of the Ministry of Health of Palestine, since October 7, the number of victims of the Zionist regime's aggression in various regions of the Gaza Strip has reached about 24 thousand, and the number of wounded has reached more than 60 thousand.

 "Al-Manar" TV channel announced in a program about the continuation of air and artillery attacks of the Zionist regime on the southern regions of Lebanon. The occupying forces of the Zionist regime targeted the vicinity of the "Miss Al-Jabal" settlement with the use of prohibited phosphorus ammunition. According to this report, the suburbs of "Yarin", "Al-Zahira", "Al-Jebin" and "Tirharfa" settlements were also shelled by Zionist artillery. Since the beginning of the Palestinian resistance, Operation Al-Aghsa Storm, on October 7, 2023, the borders of the occupied territories and Lebanon have also witnessed skirmishes between the Zionist regime army and Hezbollah; This regime and the USA are worried about the escalation of conflicts on the northern front and the emergence of a full-scale war. On Thursday night, the Zionist media, citing the commander of the reserve unit of the army of the Zionist regime in the north of occupied Palestine, reported that the Lebanese Hezbollah has carried out more than 1000 attacks against this regime since October 7. The Lebanese Islamic Resistance has targeted Israeli intelligence and military bases and headquarters in northern Palestine hundreds of times since the Israeli army's offensive on the Gaza Strip began on October 7. Hezbollah emphasized that it will continue its attacks in the northern regions of Palestine as long as the aggression against the people of Gaza continues.