Jan. 23: ‘Axis of Resistance’ operations against Israeli occupation

By Press TV Website Staff

Resistance groups in Palestine and across the region continue their operations against Israel and its Western backers amid the regime's genocidal war on the Gaza Strip, which has claimed the lives of more than 25,500 Palestinians, mostly children and women.

The operations carried out by the Palestinian and regional resistance groups on Tuesday, January 23, are as follows:

Al-Qassam Brigades’ operations on Jan. 23:

• Destroyed an Israeli military vehicle with a Yassin-105s in Khan Yunis city, southern Gaza.
• Targeted 3 military D9-bulldozers with "Tandem" and Yassin-105s, west of Khan Yunis, southern Gaza.
• Detonated a pre-rigged building targeting an Israeli infantry force, resulting in the killing of 3 Israeli soldiers and injuring others, west of Khan Yunis city, southern Gaza.
• Targeted a Merkava tank with a Yassin-105, west of Khan Yunis city.
• Shelled Israeli military gatherings, southwest of Gaza City, with heavy-caliber mortars.
• Seized three Israeli military drones, including 2 Spike Firefly (“Maoz”) quadcopter drones, south of the Zaytoun neighborhood in Gaza City.
• Executed a complex operation east of Al-Maghazi Camp after targeting a building housing the Israeli military's engineering force with an anti-personnel shell, causing the ammunition and engineering equipment it possessed to explode. At the same time, fighters destroyed a Merkava tank that was providing cover to the regime forces with a Yassin-105 rocket. They also detonated a minefield blowing up another Zionist battalion in the same location. This complex and well-coordinated operation resulted in 24 confirmed Israeli military fatalities and many more injuries.

Al-Quds Brigades’ operations on Jan. 23:

• Blew up a Merkava tank with “Thaqqib-barrel” high-explosives near Khan Yunis.
• Launched a barrage of mortar shells at the positions of Israeli soldiers and vehicles in the western axis of Khan Yunis city.
• Inflicted casualties among Israeli soldiers in Al-Bureij and Al-Maghazi camps in central Gaza.
• Targeted a Merkava tank and a military D9-bulldozer with RPGs, east of Al-Maghazi. Shelled IOF forces, southeast of Al-Bureij Camp, with mortars and Badr-1 IRAM rockets.
• Targeted Israeli snipers in a building in Al-Maghazi Camp with two guided 107-missiles.

Mujahideen Brigades’ operations on Jan 23:

• Downed a SKY RACING - type 528 IOF drone in Beit Lahia, using appropriate weapons.
• Targeted a group of Israeli soldiers and vehicles in the eastern Jabalia area with a Sa'ir missile, causing the death of at least 4 IOF soldiers.  

 Al-Aqsa Brigades’ operations on Jan. 23:

• Targeted a group of Israeli soldiers with shells, located behind vehicles near a house in the western axis of Khan Yunis, inflicting direct injuries and causing casualties.
• Bombarded an Israeli tank depot with a barrage of regular 60mm mortars in the Khan Yunis axis.

Hezbollah’s operations on Jan. 23:
 
Western Sector:

• At around 9:30 local, time, targeted a gathering of Israeli soldiers at the Cobra Hill with rocket weapons and achieved direct hits.
• At around 10:50 local time, targeted the “Meron” Air Surveillance Base in Mount Jarmaq for the second time with appropriate missiles, in response to the recent assassinations in Lebanon and Syria and the repeated attacks on civilians and homes in southern Lebanese villages.
• At around 15:10 local time, targeted “Khirbet Ma'ar” military base of the regime with appropriate weapons, resulting in direct hits.

Iraqi resistance’s operations on Jan. 23:

• Attacked the US military base Conoco in Syria with rockets.
• Attacked, in two separate operations, the US military base Ain al-Assad in western Iraq with suicide drones.

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