TEHRAN- The Palestinian resistance continues to target the Israeli military on various fronts in the Gaza Strip, as Hamas announced an incident involving the death of one captive and the injury of two others.

In its latest statement, the al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of Hamas, said an Israeli tank of the Merkava type was targeted with a barrel bomb in the al-Zanah area east of Khan Younis city in the southern Gaza Strip.

In a separate operation, the al-Qassam Brigades, in conjunction with the armed wing of Palestinian Islamic Jihad, the al-Quds Brigades, “shot an Israeli soldier and killed him in the al-Zanah area”. This also happened east of Khan Younis.
 
The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) invaded eastern Khan Younis, again, on Friday, forcing tens of thousands of displaced families to flee the area in what has become a similar pattern over the past ten months. 

The IOF appears to be struggling to gain ground in its latest assault on the southern city amid a resilient resistance. 

The military media of the al-Qassam Brigades published footage documenting three sniper operations against the IOF. The footage confirmed the successful sniper operation, which killed an Israeli soldier, showing a clear shot to his head.

Hamas says the operation carried out in coordination with the al-Quds Brigades followed a period of monitoring and observation of the IOF. 

Other video clips also documented a sniper attack on an Israeli soldier and other sniping incidents resulting in what appeared to be injuries among the IOF. 

The Israeli military admitted the death of a sergeant and the injury of two others by sniper fire on Sunday, east of Khan Younis.

In the northeastern part of Khan Younis, the al-Qassam Brigades targeted IOF units trying to advance with mortar shells.

The al-Quds Brigades media also published footage of their fighters targeting Israeli soldiers and vehicles east of Khan Younis with mortar shells. 

The footage showed the observation and tracking of the Israeli army positions and the preparation of the mortar shells by the fighters, with a message to the occupation and its soldiers.

The footage also shows Israeli helicopters arriving to evacuate wounded soldiers.

Earlier on Tuesday, the al-Quds Brigades announced that they had trapped Israeli soldiers and vehicles in a field of landmines and highly explosive devices in the Qarara area north of Khan Younis, resulting in casualties.

Additionally, the al-Quds Brigades targeted a gathering of Israeli soldiers and vehicles with a barrage of mortar shells in the al-Zanna area east of the city.

In another joint operation announced on the social media platforms of the al-Qassam and al-Quds Brigades, an Israeli Merkava 4 Baz tank was targeted with a guided explosive device in the Tel al-Sultan neighborhood west of Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip. 

In other developments, Hamas is believed to be still probing the reasons behind an incident that saw one Israeli captive killed and two others injured. 

In a statement, Hamas said:

“In two separate incidents, two soldiers assigned to guard enemy prisoners shot and killed a Zionist prisoner instantly, and also severely injured two female prisoners, with efforts underway to save their lives. The enemy government bears full responsibility for these massacres and the subsequent reactions that impact the lives of the Zionist prisoners. A committee has been formed to investigate the details, which will be announced later.”

Hamas has previously blamed the indiscriminate Israeli bombardment for the death of many Israeli captives held in Gaza.

In mid-December last year, the IOF shot dead three of its own captives at point-blank range despite the captives emerging from a building, with their shirts off, their hands in the air, waving a white flag and shouting in Hebrew. 

The deadly and embarrassing incident for Tel Aviv occurred near Gaza City in the northern part of the enclave.