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24/10/2023–|Last updated: 10/24/202311:41 PM (Mecca time)
She announced Al-Qassam Brigades The military wing of the Islamic Resistance Movement (agitation) A naval force of its fighters was able to infiltrate the beaches of Zikim, south of… Ashkelon And the clash with the occupation forces, while the Israeli army announced that it had killed a number of infiltrators.
The Al-Qassam Brigades said that a force of “human frogs” was able to “infiltrate by sea and land on the beaches.” Zikim South of occupied Ashkelon, there are now armed clashes with the occupation army in that area.”
Al Jazeera correspondent Elias Karam said that this naval penetration may be the largest by the resistance since the start of the Israeli war on Gaza following the operation Al-Aqsa flood On October 7th, which also witnessed the infiltration of resistance fighters to Zikim Beach, northwest of the Gaza Strip.
Sirens sounded twice in the settlements of Zikim and Karmiya as reports of the infiltration continued.
The reporter pointed out that previous infiltration operations were carried out by a few members of the resistance, but the number of infiltrators this time appears to be large, according to Israeli media reports.
For his part, an Israeli army spokesman announced that the infiltration operation at Zikim Beach had been thwarted, and said that his forces were still combing the area, but he did not reveal details regarding the size of the operation and the number of participants in it.
The spokesman said that Palestinian naval commandos infiltrated through a tunnel into the sea and then to Zikim Beach.
Israeli Channel 12 said that at least 10 militants were killed by Israeli naval fire, while Channel 14 said that clashes were still continuing in the area.
A video clip showed what appeared to be flash bombs fired by the occupation forces in the area to detect intruders.
Extensive combing process
Al Jazeera’s correspondent stated that the occupation army asked the residents of the Zikim and Karmiya settlements to stay in shelters, which indicates the continuation of combing operations in a circle with a diameter of about 6 kilometers, an area where the army deployed large forces in recent days as part of its preparations to launch a ground attack on the Gaza Strip. .
The reporter added that reports from the area indicate the possibility that a number of members of the Qassam force succeeded in penetrating to a depth of 3 or 4 kilometers and clashing with the occupation soldiers.
He explained that the Israeli Air Force and Navy participated in confronting the operation, and that the Air Force raided a tunnel opening in a nearby location from which it is believed that some infiltrators started.
The Al Jazeera correspondent said that this development indicates the ability of the Al-Qassam Brigades to carry out an operation that is considered qualitative, despite his knowledge of the size of the forces that Israel has deployed at this point, and to its potential to occupy the Israeli army on land and sea on the outskirts of the Gaza Strip even before it begins its ground operation.
Later, Israeli media reported that “the infiltration incident on the beaches of Zikim has ended.”
Intense missile strikes
On the other hand, the Palestinian resistance carried out heavy missile strikes today, Tuesday, targeting Greater Tel Aviv and the towns extending to its north, east, and south, according to what the Israeli army approved.
Israeli media reported a number of casualties as a result of these strikes, which also included Ben Gurion Airport.
Israeli Channel 12 said that a missile attack hit at least two homes in the Alfei Menashe settlement in the northern West Bank.
For his part, Israeli army spokesman Brigadier General Daniel Hagari said that Hamas is still capable of launching rockets, and Israel should not give in to that, as he put it.
He added that the army has many weeks of operations ahead of it and that it will work according to the decisions of the political level.
