Israeli media outlets have reported that six Israeli occupation soldiers were wounded during combat in the Gaza Strip on Monday, including one in critical condition. Meanwhile, Israel’s official broadcasting authority revealed what it described as a “near-catastrophic” attempt to breach a fortified military position in Khan Younis.
The incident was labelled a “security event”, a term commonly used by the occupation to describe special operations conducted by the Palestinian resistance against Israeli forces and military installations.
According to Israeli broadcaster KAN, the event unfolded when armed Palestinian fighters attempted to infiltrate a fortified military site belonging to the Kfir Brigade. No further details were disclosed regarding the nature or outcome of the attempted breach.
The Hadshot BeZman website reported that Israeli forces conducted an emergency helicopter evacuation, transferring the wounded soldiers to Shaare Zedek Medical Center in Jerusalem.
Rising Resistance in Southern Gaza
This event comes amid a noticeable surge in Palestinian resistance operations targeting Israeli military positions across multiple axes of invasion within the Gaza Strip—particularly in the southern areas of Khan Younis and Rafah. These operations have led to a growing toll of dead and wounded among the occupation forces.
Earlier, the al-Qassam Brigades released dramatic footage of a deadly ambush they carried out against Israeli forces last Saturday in the town of Abasan, east of Khan Younis. The operation resulted in the killing of three Israeli soldiers, and the video displayed remarkable detail of the fighters’ strategy and execution.
The footage shows al-Qassam fighters discovering a cluster of Israeli armoured vehicles near a tunnel opening. Notably, the same site had previously witnessed an attack over a year ago in which an Israeli unit commander was killed.
Two fighters are seen exiting the tunnel carrying Shawaz-type explosive devices. One of them advances toward a Namer armoured personnel carrier, climbs on top of it, activates the device, and drops it into the command cabin.
The fighter retreats safely within seconds. The explosive detonates inside the APC, killing the entire crew and incinerating the vehicle.
The video also shows an Israeli military bulldozer attempting to extinguish the blaze by burying the vehicle in sand—a measure aimed at both damage control and concealment.
Israeli Military Confirms Casualties
The Israeli army later acknowledged the deaths of two soldiers in the Abasan ambush:
- Captain Amir Saad, 22 years old, a Druze officer serving in the Golani Brigade’s technology and maintenance division.
- Sergeant Einon Nuriel Fana, a fellow technician in the same unit.
While the military confirmed the location as the southern Gaza Strip, it deliberately refrained from naming Abasan as the site of the incident.
Hebrew-language sources outside Israeli military censorship added that Amir Saad had recently received a new rank, and was a relative of Aalim Saad, the deputy commander of the 300th Brigade in the Galilee Division—himself killed by Islamic Jihad fighters during a cross-border operation on October 10, 2023, near the Lebanese front.
These accounts suggest that the death toll in the Khan Younis ambush may be higher than officially reported, highlighting a growing concern among Israeli analysts about the effectiveness and unpredictability of resistance tactics.
Al-Qassam Issues Detailed Military Statement
In a rare move, the al-Qassam Brigades swiftly released an official military communiqué outlining the operation’s sequence and results. The statement reads:
“In a complex ambush, Qassam fighters succeeded in targeting two Zionist armoured personnel carriers, placing martyrdom devices inside their command cabins. The result was the total incineration of both vehicles and their crews. Following this, our fighters targeted a third Zionist APC using a Yassin-105 anti-armour shell in the area of Abasan al-Kabira, east of Khan Younis.”
The statement added:
“Our fighters observed a military bulldozer burying the vehicles to smother the flames, and military helicopters landing to evacuate casualties.”
