Military and strategic expert, Colonel Hatem Karim Al-Falahi, said that the CH-35 helicopters, known as the Israeli “Yasur,” are used for military transport operations, including medical transport.
Al-Falahi explained – during his analysis of the military scene in Gaza – that the helicopter is approximately 29 meters long, 7 meters wide, and the same as its height.
He pointed out that the helicopter has different types, larger in size, that may reach 9 meters, and can carry larger numbers exceeding 35 soldiers.
Al-Falahi’s statement came after Israeli media sources reported that 5 helicopters had transported between 10 and 15 soldiers to hospitals, some of them seriously injured, after they were targeted during battles in…Gaza Strip With anti-tank missiles.
And it was Qassam Brigades -The military wing of the Islamic Resistance Movement (agitation) It had said earlier today that its fighters were engaged in fierce clashes with the occupation forces that had penetrated south of Al-Zaytoun neighborhood In Gaza City, they killed and wounded people among their ranks, confirming that a “Yasour” plane landed to evacuate them.
The military expert pointed out that the nature of the announcement confirms that there are no accurate statistics on the extent of the losses, and that it is devoid of the number of dead, stressing that all of this indicates Israeli confusion in light of the outbreak of battles in Tal al-Hawa, al-Zeitoun, and the Netzarim axis in Gaza, as well as in Rafah and Khan Yunis in the south.
He stressed that the resistance operations shifted from defense to attack by engaging in clashes from a short distance, which explains the occupation army’s heavy losses.
Earlier today, the Israeli occupation army said that 695 soldiers and officers had been killed since the beginning of the war, while 4,357 soldiers and officers had been injured, including 2,232 during the ground operation in the Strip, which began in late October.