The Israeli occupation is hardly looking for a military achievement to announce in Gaza on the 77th day of the brutal aggression on the besieged enclave.
The Israeli occupation army has been boasting with resounding statements by claiming to “destroy Hamas leaders tunnel network in Gaza city,” and “turning Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar’s home to dust.”
Such statements have been aimed at raising the morale of the Israeli army’s whose Golani Brigade’s 13th Battalion withdrew from Gaza after suffering significant losses.
Israeli soldiers from the Golani Brigade celebrate leaving the battlefield in Gaza.
A few days ago, Israel’s military announced massive losses during the unit’s existence in Shejaiya. Meanwhile, the resistance announced that it caused heavy death toll and vehicle damage among… pic.twitter.com/29Iddeov4J
— Quds News Network (@QudsNen) December 21, 2023
Israeli Toll
The Israeli occupation army announced on Friday the death of two Israeli soldiers, taking the death toll of Israeli troops since the start of the ground offensive in Gaza to 139 and the total number of troops killed since Operation Al-Aqsa Flood to 470.
Meanwhile, the occupation army said that 23 soldiers have been injured in the ground battles in the last 24 hours, taking the number of wounded troops since the start of the ground offensive to more than 600 including 179 seriously injured and 302 others in moderate condition.
On the other hand, according to figures offered by Beirut-based Union Center for Research and Development (known as U-Feed), 720 Israeli vehicles and tanks have been destroyed or damaged during the ground battles in Gaza.
Fierce Clashes
Meanwhile on Friday, fierce clashes were reported in Jabalia in northern Gaza Strip, indicating that the occupation army hasn’t been able yet to control the northern region of the strip as the Israeli media has been propagating.
Al-Quds Brigades, the military wing of the Islamic Jihad resistance group announced that its fighters managed to down an Israeli drone over Gaza on Friday. It added that the resistance fighters fired heavy mortar shells on gatherings of Israeli occupation troops stationed in Al-Qurm roundabout in northern Gaza Strip.
Continuous Massacres
On the other hand, the Israeli occupation went ahead with its brutal aggression against the besieged enclave, staging more strikes and shelling against several areas across the strip including Jabalia in the north and Al-Bureij refugee camp in central Gaza Strip as well as Khan Yunis and Rafah in the south.
BREAKING | Multiple injuries arrive at Al-Aqsa hospital after artillery shells were fired by the occupation in Bureij Camp, Deir-Al-Balah, moments ago pic.twitter.com/RoXRoHlXPI
— TIMES OF GAZA (@Timesofgaza) December 22, 2023
Palestinian Health Ministry announced on Friday that 390 Palestinians have been martyred and 734 injured in the past two days, raising the toll of martyrs to 20,057 and the number of injured to 53,320 since the start of the aggression on October 7th.
Source: Al-Manar English Website
