Paragliders were part of the Hamas invasion of Israel at the beginning of the month Brigadas AlQassam/Telegram/via Portal October 7, 2023
One of the most memorable scenes in the Surprise attack on Israel on October 7th Dozens of terrorists entered villages with motorized paragliders and carried out murders and kidnappings. This Tuesday (31) the army reported killing one of the Hamas terrorists responsible for organizing this part of the offensive.
In a statement, the IDF (Israel Defense Forces) claimed to have eliminated the commander of the Beit Lahia Battalion of Hamas’ Northern Brigade, Nasim Abu Ajina, who also led the massacres at Kibbutz Erez and Moshav Netiv HaAsara.
The Israeli army has struck about 300 targets in the past 24 hours, including tunnels used by Hamas in the Gaza Strip and rocket launch sites.
The ground troops Increased actions on Friday (27)“There were several clashes with terrorist cells that fired both antitank missiles and machine gun fire.”
In a statement to troops, Israel’s southern commander, Maj. Gen. Yaron Finkelman, said that “no matter how long or difficult the battle, there is no outcome other than victory.”
“We will fight in alleys, we will fight in tunnels, we will fight wherever it takes. We will eliminate the vile enemy before us,” he added.
Lebanon
The fight against Hezbollah terrorists in Lebanon continued this Tuesday. Air raid sirens wailed in the border town of Metula.
According to the IDF, there were “two identified unsuccessful launches” in Lebanon, but they did not reach Israel. Israeli artillery responded with attacks on Lebanese territory.
According to the army, antitank missiles were fired at two IDF military posts near the border with Lebanon, also in retaliation.
Rockets fired by Hezbollah struck open areas in Tel Hai, northern Israel.
Red Sea
Previously, that The Israeli Air Force managed to intercept a missile and two drones started from the Red Sea, probably from Yemen, towards the south of the country.
This was the first use of the Arrow air defense system since the beginning of the war against Hamas terrorists.
The drones were shot down by Air Force fighter jets, which said in a statement that “all airstrikes were intercepted outside Israeli territory. No infiltrations into Israeli territory have been detected.”
The Iranbacked Houthi rebel militia in Yemen claimed responsibility for the attacks.
“These drones belong to the state of Yemen,” Abdelaziz bin Habtour, the prime minister appointed by the rebels who control part of the country and face the government recognized by the international community, told AFP.
The Houthis, as well as Hezbollah, Islamic Jihad and the Islamic Resistance in Iraq, receive funding, training and weapons from the Iranian Revolutionary Guard, a branch of the Iranian army that forms militias in the region to defend their ideologies and interests.
Baladia: Discover the ‘fake’ city Israel is using to train for its invasion of Gaza
The IDF (Israel Defense Forces) and the Israeli government are promising a major invasion of the Gaza Strip to eliminate the terrorist group Hamas. More than 360,000 Jewish Army reservists were called up from all parts of the world to take part in this counteroffensive
With DDay still to come, the Israeli military is training to fight Palestinian guerrillas. Some of these troops are at the Tze’elim military base in the Negev Desert, where Baladia, the Arabic word for city, was built.
The 19 km², $45 million facility was built in 2005 and simulates a typical Palestinian city. Developed with the help of the United States, the area has schools, houses, buildings and even mosques, according to the British newspaper The Independent
The place is decorated with graffiti in Arabic and there is even a picture of a terrorist shooting an RPG a grenade launcher used to attack armored vehicles
In addition to the United States and Israel, UN peacekeepers troops responsible for maintaining peace around the world also held training sessions in Baladia
The Negev military base is located east of the Gaza Strip, where the military is awaiting approval for the ground attack
Israel’s attacks were based on the bombardment of the Palestinian enclave with rockets fired from its territory
According to official sources from both sides, more than 8,500 people, including civilians, soldiers and guerrillas, have died in the first three weeks of the war.