Al-Qassam Brigades publish footage of complex Rafah ambush: Exclusive
The al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of the Hamas Resistance movement, released footage showing their fighters executing a meticulously planned ambush targeting several Israeli military vehicles on George Street, east of Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip.
The footage, depicted al-Qassam fighters huddled over a map of Rafah, with one fighter, named “Martyred Commander Ismail Haniyeh Ambush” explaining how the ambush, was carried out.
The ambush was to pay tribute to martyred Hamas commander Ismail Haniyeh, who was killed by a missile strike on his guest house in Tehran, Iran, where he was attending the inauguration ceremony of Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian.
One al-Qassam fighter is seen advancing with a powerful explosive device towards an Israeli Namer armored personnel carrier (APC). He plants the device beneath it and detonates it seconds after retreating.
A successful ambush
In a statement released on Tuesday, the al-Qassam Brigades confirmed that their fighters successfully ensnared an Israeli armored force in a precise ambush. They said they destroyed two Namer personnel carriers using a Shawaz armor-piercing explosive device and two Al Yassin-105 anti-tank RPGs.
Additionally, they targeted two Merkava tanks with a ground explosive device and an Al Yassin-105 anti-tank rocket on George Street, near the al-Tabi’in Mosque.
Continuing the pre-planned ambush in eastern Rafah, al-Qassam fighters managed to target another Merkava tank that had arrived as part of an extraction team to aid the troops wounded in the ambush targeting the APC. The fighters also reported that helicopters landed in the area to evacuate the casualties.
Moreover, in Rafah, Al-Qassam fighters successfully sniped an Israeli soldier using a Ghoul rifle near the Swedish village west of the city.
