Watan-The Al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of Hamas, broadcasted on Wednesday evening documentation of sniping an officer in the Israeli occupation army north of Beit Hanoun in the northern Gaza Strip.
According to the video broadcasted by Al-Qassam on its Telegram account, the operation took place on the 22nd of April.
Sniping of an Israeli Officer and His Killing in Beit Hanoun
The video shows one of the Al-Qassam fighters monitoring the movements of a group of occupation soldiers before firing a single shot from a sniper rifle, directly hitting the Israeli officer, who falls dead, while those around him flee.
عــاجــل | كتائب القسام تنشر مشاهد من عملية قنص ضابط صهيوني شمال بيت حانون شمال قطاع غزة.
#طوفان_الأقصى pic.twitter.com/PMjOTqgnz4
— رضوان الأخرس (@rdooan) April 24, 2024
Yesterday, Tuesday, the Israeli occupation army announced the killing of an Israeli reserve soldier, succumbing to serious injuries sustained from sniper fire in Beit Hanoun in the northern Gaza Strip.
According to an Israeli military spokesperson, the soldier, “Salem Al-Kharbshat,” a Bedouin from the Negev, was shot by a Palestinian sniper during an incursion into Beit Hanoun.
The spokesperson noted that the deceased was from the Army’s Impact Unit.
جيش الاحتلال يعترف بمقتل جندي في وحدة قصاصي الأثر (كلب أثر) يدعى سالم خريشات في معارك بيت حانون.
يزجون بأمثاله من العملاء في الصفوف الأمامية ليتلقوا الضربات عن الصهاينة ثم ينسبون “الفضل والانتصارات” المزعومة لكتيبة نيتسح يهودا التي كان إعلامهم يتكلم عن “بطولاتها”…. pic.twitter.com/bnE30ovdXm
— yaseenizeddeen (@yaseenizeddeen) April 24, 2024
The war on the Gaza Strip entered its 200th day on Tuesday (23/4/2024), with Israeli airstrikes and massacres against Palestinian civilians continuing. The death toll from the Israeli aggression has risen to 34,183, and the number of wounded to 77,143 since October 7th, according to the Gaza Health Ministry.
In contrast, the number of Israeli army fatalities during this war reached 605, including 260 since the start of the ground operation. The number of soldiers injured since the start of the war on Gaza reached 3,294, including 1,583 since the start of the ground operation.