Al-Quds Brigades: Enemy Depicts False Picture of Its Ground Invasion Against Gaza

By Staff, Agencies

Spokesman for Al-Quds Brigades, the military wing of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad resistance movement, Abu Hamza dismissed ‘Israel’s’ alleged ground advances in its war of aggression against the besieged Gaza Strip.

“The [‘Israeli’] enemy is depicting a false picture of its attempts to infiltrate to our land,” Abu Hamza said in a video statement on Monday.

He added that Palestinian resistance fighters have inflicted heavy losses on the ‘Israeli’ forces in many areas.

Abu Hamza emphasized that all Palestinian resistance factions “continue to confront the miserable ground maneuvers carried out by the enemy’s army in an attempt to restore confidence” among its forces.

He added that the ‘Israeli’ forces were in fact lured into “ambushes of horror and death” in Gaza.

His remarks came after earlier on Monday, the Palestinian resistance movement Hamas said ‘Israeli’ tanks that had advanced near Gaza were forced to retreat after heavy clashes.

“There’s absolutely no ground advance inside the residential neighborhoods in the Gaza Strip. What happened on Salah al-Din Street was the incursion of a few occupation army tanks and a bulldozer,” said Salama Maarouf, the head of the Hamas office in Gaza.

Elsewhere in his remarks, Abu Hamza said, “The results of Operation al-Aqsa Flood have appeared clearly on the enemy’s internal scene,” adding that the battle will witness a shift in favor of the resistance at all levels.

Abu Hamza also addressed the families of ‘Israeli’ detainees in the Gaza Strip, saying, “Your leadership is risking your children in order to buy time.”

The spokesman warned, “Every minute that passes poses a threat to the lives of detainees held by the resistance amid the barbaric bombardment of Gaza.”

He added that some of the detainees have already lost their lives in ‘Israel’s’ indiscriminate strikes.

Abu Hamza emphasized that Palestinian resistance movements will not allow ‘Israel’ to exploit negotiations on the release of captives to achieve its goals.

‘Israel’ has killed more than 8,300 Palestinians civilians, mostly women and children, since October 7. Over 21,000 others have been injured.

The regime was caught off-guard by the surprise Operation al-Aqsa Flood that Gaza-based resistance movements conducted on that October day. The operation was a response to ‘Israel’s’ continuing violations of the rights of Palestinians in the occupied territories.