Hamas has launched footage purportedly displaying its fighters clashing with Israeli troops within the Gaza Strip.
Palestinian militants could be seen apparently climbing out of an underground tunnel and firing what seems to be grenade launchers, as Israel‘s days-long floor offensive continues deeper into the besieged territory in its try and “wipe out” Hamas.
An Israeli tank appears to be hit within the assault after which explodes in a ball of fireplace.
It comes as a senior Hamas official known as for the “annihilation” of Israel.
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The tank assault is considered captured from a militant’s headcam or bodycam video.
Elsewhere within the footage, a Hamas fighter fires what appears to be a rocket-propelled grenade (RPG) at an unidentified goal in a forest.
Sky News has been unable to confirm the areas and date of the footage, however Hamas claims it was filmed east of Zeitoun in northern Gaza.
The Israel Defence Forces (IDF) says 16 of its troopers have been killed within the floor operation in Gaza throughout Tuesday and Wednesday this week.
Hamas threatens additional assaults
Meanwhile, Hamas official Ghazi Hamad, from the group’s political bureau, advised Lebanese TV Israel’s “occupation must come to an end. I am talking about all the Palestinian lands”.
Asked by the interviewer: “Does that mean the annihilation of Israel?”, he replied: “Yes of course.”
He stated “we are the victims” and vowed that the group would perform extra assaults prefer it did on 7 October, when militants stormed the Israel border and killed greater than 1,400 Israelis in what Hamas known as the “Al Aqsa Flood”. Hamas additionally took greater than 200 hostages through the raids.
Mr Hamad stated: “The Al Aqsa Flood is just the first time, and there will be a second, a third, a fourth, because we have the determination, the resolve, and the capabilities to fight.”
The Hamas-run well being ministry in Gaza says a minimum of 8,796 Palestinians within the slender coastal enclave, together with 3,648 kids, have been killed by Israeli strikes for the reason that 7 October assault.
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Second day of strikes on refugee camp reported
On Wednesday, the Hamas-run authorities stated Israeli airstrikes hit house buildings within the Jabalia refugee camp close to Gaza City for a second day in a row, inflicting many deaths and accidents.
The earlier day, Palestinian well being officers stated an Israeli airstrike killed about 50 individuals and wounded 150 there.
Israel stated it killed Hamas commander Ibrahim Biari in Tuesday’s assault, who reportedly was a key planner within the 7 October bloodbath.
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Hamas’s navy infrastructure, together with lots of of miles of underground tunnels, is concentrated in Gaza City, in line with Israeli officers.
There was no speedy affirmation on attainable casualties from the second explosion, however footage confirmed smoke billowing above the camp and folks sifting by way of piles of rubble and carrying away the injured.
Source: information.sky.com”