Abu Obeida the spokesman for al-Qassam Brigades of Hamas has said that the group’s fighters have destroyed 335 Israeli army vehicles fully or partially since the beginning of the Israeli ground offensive in the Gaza Strip.
33 of those vehicles including tanks troop carriers and bulldozers were targeted and destroyed in the last 72 hours Abu Obeida said in a recorded statement broadcast by Al Jazeera satellite channel on Thursday evening.
Abu Obeida added that al-Qassam fighters carried out “dozens of operations” targeting Israeli soldiers on foot including in Beit Hanoun and east of al-Rantisi Hospital in Gaza City.
During the last three days al-Qassam fighters also conducted “special operations” that resulted in the killing of several “enemy forces” the spokesman said.
The spokesman emphasized that the Palestinian resistance is ready to confront “the enemy” for as long as the aggression against Gaza continues.
He urged the Palestinian people in the West Bank and the resistance groups in Yemen Lebanon and Iraq to escalate their confrontation with the Israeli occupation forces.