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A leading source in the Hamas Qassam Brigades, military wing, announced the launch of a series of military operations called “Staff of Moses,” in response to the Israeli “Gideon’s Chariots 2” operation aimed at occupying Gaza City.
The source told Al Jazeera the first resistance operations took place in the Zeitoun and Jabalia neighborhoods in north Gaza, after the Israeli occupation launch its military operation. He added: “The enemy witnessed firsthand the extent of the preparedness and readiness of the Qassam fighters, and this is only the tip of the iceberg of what awaits them in Gaza.”
He emphasized “just as the ‘Stones of David’ foiled the Gideon Chariots, as acknowledged by the occupation leaders, the ‘Moses’ Staff’ will perform miracles and repel the plots of the aggressors.”
Qassam Operations
The Qassam Brigades announced, Wednesday its forces targeted Israeli occupation forces and vehicles in Gaza City with various weapons and a gathering of Israeli soldiers and vehicles at the Haj Fadl site south of the Zeitoun neighborhood in Gaza City.
It also announced it targeted a D-9 military bulldozer with a 105-mm Al-Yassin missile, Tuesday, near the Salah al-Din Mosque in Zeitoun neighborhood.
Palestinian resistance factions in the Gaza Strip continue to confront the Israeli occupation forces advancing into various areas of the Gaza Strip after the Israeli occupation army resumed its aggression and tightened blockade of the Gaza Strip. This followed a two-month hiatus under a ceasefire agreement that went into effect on January 19. However, the occupation forces violated the terms of the agreement throughout the truce period.
Last month, the Israeli occupation army launched a large-scale attack on the Zeitoun neighborhood, which included the destruction of homes using booby-trapped robots, artillery shelling, indiscriminate gunfire, and forced displacement.
Since October 7, 2023, the Israeli occupation forces, with direct support from the United States and Western countries, have continued to wage a devastating war in Gaza, resulting in the death and injury of approximately 225,000 Palestinians, according to the Palestinian Ministry of Health in the Gaza Strip.
Analysis
The Israeli war on the Gaza Strip took on a clear religious dimension after the Palestinian resistance launched a series of “The Staff of Moses” operations to counter the “Gideon’s Chariots 2” operation of the Israeli army to occupy Gaza City.
Military expert Major-General Fayez al-Duwairi said that the name of the latest operation clearly shows what awaits the enemy in Gaza City and the central Gaza Strip. The combat performance must be in line with the code name of the operation, meaning that the resistance promises to achieve a miracle.
Israel is expected to face a violent confrontation in Gaza City, which contains far more tunnels than those in the areas occupied by the occupation forces over the past 22 months, according to al-Duwairi.
With the tunnels, the large number of houses and the nature of the streets will impede the movement of vehicles and will confront the occupation forces in a street battle, which the military expert believes will incur far greater losses than expected.
The resistance has completely changed its warfare approach in the recent months. Previously relying on direct clashes and open confrontations, it has now, according to al-Duwairi, relied on ambushes, raids, and the execution of operations with the fewest possible fighters. This is to conserve its strength, which has been depleted by Israeli strikes, length of war, and the lack of supplies.
Thus the recent ambushes in Zeitoun, Jabalia, and Khan Yunis are a warning of what is waiting for Israel in Operation Gideon 2.
Al-Duwairi believes that the Israeli army attempted entry into Gaza City “will likely not be a walk in the park” and believes that they will lose far greater than the number of soldiers they estimate would be killed, which they put at 100 during the battle for Gaza City.
