Hamas says Israeli ground operation has failed

The ground operation that Israel launched in the Gaza Strip has failed, and Israeli soldiers are killed and wounded. reported Al Mayadeen TV channel, member of the leadership of the Palestinian Hamas movement abroad, Ali Baraka.

On October 27, Israel announced the start of a ground operation against militants in the Gaza Strip. According to Hamas, the enemy during its attack was ambushed by the Palestinian resistance, and resistance fighters responded to the Israeli army with rocket attacks. Baraka reported that the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) suffered heavy casualties during the night, with the dead and wounded being picked up by helicopters.

The movement’s Politburo spokesman Osama Hamdan called on everyone who owns weapons to use them “in the name of Palestinian legitimacy” against the “Israeli occupation.” According to him, there will be no negotiations regarding the release of the hostages until the end of the aggression, the TV channel notes.

“Unless the American administration stops supporting the enemy politically, financially and with weapons, it will be a partner in every drop of blood shed in Palestine,” he said.

The bombing of the Gaza Strip intensified on the evening of October 27, they were aimed at the eastern and northern regions and coincided with attempts to storm the Palestinian territories, the TV channel recalls. On October 28, the Israeli army also reportedwhich attacked 150 underground facilities in the Gaza Strip at night.

In addition, during the night ground operation of the Israeli military, clashes occurred with Hamas terrorists; it was reported that not a single IDF soldier was injured, The Times of Israel wrote. The military described the raid as an “extended ground operation” rather than a full-scale ground offensive.

Hamas attacked southern Israel on October 7. The IDF responded by launching Operation Iron Swords, and the country declared a state of war. According to the latest data, about 8,000 people have died during the escalation of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, including more than 6,500 Palestinians.