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An insurgency began in northern Gaza, centred around besieged Gaza city after Israel announced it had dismantled 12 Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades battalions on 7 January. [10] [11] [12]
Several paramilitary groups, led by the Al-Qassam Brigades began resurging in territories formerly cleared, demonstrating Israel's failure to fully subdue the north after 4 months of bombardment and 3 months of ground invasion.
Course of the insurgency
Palestinian brigades organised and consolidated areas that Israeli forces had withdrawn from, and rehabilitated civilian services such as police forces. [13]
The brigades launched offensives on areas in the northern Gaza Strip held by Israeli occupation. As a result, Israeli troops moved into areas that they have previously withdrawn from. [14] A Namer APC repositioning in Sheikh Radwan on 19 January was ambused by a militant with a dual attack, first by a shawadh IED detonation succeeded by a Yasin-105 rocket-propelled grenade fired by a Al-Qassam Brigade militants. [15] Al-Qassam brigades ambushed Israeli forces in the Tel al-Hawa neighbourhood on 31 January, targeting two tanks, damaging one and an IDF Caterpillar D9. [16]
Israeli operations
Zeitoun operation
In late February, Israeli forces targeted the Zeitoun district in southwestern Gaza City with two brigades, announcing they were attacking paramilitaries in close quarters combat and with missile strikes.
The Israeli army acknowledged stiff resistance from paramilitaries in Zeitoun but not while Israeli vehicles advanced on the district, admitting casualties in three different engagements on penetrating forces on February 21. Fighting was mainly led by the Qassam and Quds brigades, with minor support from smaller paramilitary groups. [17]
Al Shifa Hospital raid
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Palestinian Civil Police Force | ||||||
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Sebastian Haion
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 Faiq Al-Mabhouh
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On 17 March 2024, Israeli forces raided Rimal and occupied Al-Shifa hospital following supposed intel that senior Hamas officials had regrouped and were using the hospital "to command attacks". [20]
See also
References
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^ Abed, Esam; Rothwell, James; Shamalakh, Siham (8 December 2023).
"After the bombs fell: How Israel's invasion of Gaza risks radicalising a new generation of Palestinians".
The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 16 January 2024.
The IDF said Biari 'oversaw all military operations in the northern Gaza Strip since the IDF entered'
- ^ https://www.madamasr.com/en/2024/03/19/news/u/hamas-police-official-who-secured-aid-distribution-among-50-executed-in-shifa-hospital-raid/
- ^ https://www.aa.com.tr/en/middle-east/israeli-commander-killed-in-raid-on-northern-gaza-hospital-army-says/3168555#:~:text=An%20Israeli%20military%20commander%20was,City%2C%20a%20military%20statement%20said.
- ^ https://www.palestinechronicle.com/israeli-commander-responsible-for-storming-al-shifa-hospital-killed-video-report/
- ^ https://www.timesofisrael.com/idf-says-numerous-gaza-gunmen-slain-in-weekend-fighting-company-commander-killed/
- ^ https://www.gov.il/en/departments/news/swords-of-iron-idf-casualties#:~:text=Share%3A,have%20been%20killed%20in%20battle.&text=%2D%20Figures%20refer%20only%20to%20IDF%20personnel%20injured%20in%20combat.
- ^ https://www.gov.il/en/departments/news/swords-of-iron-idf-casualties#:~:text=Share%3A,have%20been%20killed%20in%20battle.&text=%2D%20Figures%20refer%20only%20to%20IDF%20personnel%20injured%20in%20combat.
- ^ Mills, Peter; Javeri, Ashka; Ganzeveld, Annika; Tyson, Kathryn; Carl, Nicholas (22 February 2024). "Iran Update, February 22, 2024". Institute for the Study of War. Retrieved 22 March 2024.
- ^ https://www.gov.il/en/departments/news/swords-of-iron-idf-casualties#:~:text=Share%3A,have%20been%20killed%20in%20battle.&text=%2D%20Figures%20refer%20only%20to%20IDF%20personnel%20injured%20in%20combat.
- ^ Jhaveri, Ashka; Soltani, Amin; Moore, Johanna; Tyson, Kathryn; Braverman, Alexandra; Carl, Nicholas (7 January 2024). "Iran Update, January 7, 2024". Institute for the Study of War. Retrieved 22 March 2024.
- ^ Clarke, Colin P. (5 February 2024). "The Counterinsurgency Trap in Gaza". Foreign Affairs. 103 (2). Council on Foreign Relations. ISSN 2327-7793. OCLC 863038729. Retrieved 22 March 2024.
- ^ Rasgon, Adam; Boxerman, Aaron (23 February 2024). "As Gaza War Grinds On, Israel Prepares for a Prolonged Conflict". The New York Times. Retrieved 22 March 2024.
- ^ Burke, Jason (30 January 2024). "Hamas regroups in northern Gaza to prepare new offensive". The Guardian. Retrieved 22 March 2024.
- ^ Barbakh, Arafat; Siu, Tyrone; Al-Mughrabi, Nidal (16 January 2024). "Gaza combat resurges as Israeli tanks storm back into areas they left". Reuters. Thomson Reuters. Retrieved 22 March 2024.
- ^ "استهداف آليات الاحتلال في الشيخ رضوان" [Targeting occupation mechanisms in Sheikh Radwan]. risala (in Arabic). 17 January 2024.
- ^ "alahed".
- ^ Parry, Andie; Soltani, Amin; Moore, Johanna; Braverman, Alexandra; Tyson, Kathryn; Arman, Ahmad Omid; McGill, Anne; Fitzpatrick, Kitaneh; Carter, Brian (21 February 2024). "Iran update, February 21, 2024". Institute for the Study of War. Retrieved 22 March 2024.
- ^ Knell, Yolande; Seddon, Sean (1 April 2024). "Gaza's al-Shifa hospital in ruins after two-week Israeli raid". BBC. Retrieved 3 April 2024.
- ^ "Top hamas man killed in shifa hospital".
- ^ Gunter, Joel; Gritten, David (18 March 2024). "Israel launches night raid on Gaza al-Shifa hospital". BBC News. Retrieved 22 March 2024.
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 Reported military situation in March | |||||||||
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Palestinian Civil Police Force[
citation needed] |
Israel | ||||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
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Faiq Al-Mabhouh
†
[2] |
Benjamin Netanyahu
Yoav Gallant
Yair Palai
Yisrael Shomer
Ami Bitton
Liron Betiteo
Benny Aharon
Neri Horowitz
Ido Mizrahi
Sebastian Haion
†
[3]
Yitzhar Hofman
†
[4]
Eyal Shuminov
†
[5]
Lior Raviv
†
[6]
Matan Vinogradov
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Mujahideen brigades |
Israeli Defence Forces 2 battalions (Zeitun operation) | ||||||||
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 20+ militants killed
[8] 1+ policeman killed |
20+ soldiers killed
[9] 1
Namer APC destroyed 1
Merkava destroyed | ||||||||
An insurgency began in northern Gaza, centred around besieged Gaza city after Israel announced it had dismantled 12 Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades battalions on 7 January. [10] [11] [12]
Several paramilitary groups, led by the Al-Qassam Brigades began resurging in territories formerly cleared, demonstrating Israel's failure to fully subdue the north after 4 months of bombardment and 3 months of ground invasion.
Course of the insurgency
Palestinian brigades organised and consolidated areas that Israeli forces had withdrawn from, and rehabilitated civilian services such as police forces. [13]
The brigades launched offensives on areas in the northern Gaza Strip held by Israeli occupation. As a result, Israeli troops moved into areas that they have previously withdrawn from. [14] A Namer APC repositioning in Sheikh Radwan on 19 January was ambused by a militant with a dual attack, first by a shawadh IED detonation succeeded by a Yasin-105 rocket-propelled grenade fired by a Al-Qassam Brigade militants. [15] Al-Qassam brigades ambushed Israeli forces in the Tel al-Hawa neighbourhood on 31 January, targeting two tanks, damaging one and an IDF Caterpillar D9. [16]
Israeli operations
Zeitoun operation
In late February, Israeli forces targeted the Zeitoun district in southwestern Gaza City with two brigades, announcing they were attacking paramilitaries in close quarters combat and with missile strikes.
The Israeli army acknowledged stiff resistance from paramilitaries in Zeitoun but not while Israeli vehicles advanced on the district, admitting casualties in three different engagements on penetrating forces on February 21. Fighting was mainly led by the Qassam and Quds brigades, with minor support from smaller paramilitary groups. [17]
Al Shifa Hospital raid
| Al-Shifa Hospital Raid | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| |||||||
| Belligerents | |||||||
|
Israel |
Palestinian Civil Police Force | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
|
Sebastian Haion
† |
Faiq Al-Mabhouh
† (per IDF)
[19] | ||||||
| Units involved | |||||||
|
Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades (On the outskirts) | |||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| 2+ soldiers killed | |||||||
On 17 March 2024, Israeli forces raided Rimal and occupied Al-Shifa hospital following supposed intel that senior Hamas officials had regrouped and were using the hospital "to command attacks". [20]
See also
References
-
^ Abed, Esam; Rothwell, James; Shamalakh, Siham (8 December 2023).
"After the bombs fell: How Israel's invasion of Gaza risks radicalising a new generation of Palestinians".
The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 16 January 2024.
The IDF said Biari 'oversaw all military operations in the northern Gaza Strip since the IDF entered'
- ^ https://www.madamasr.com/en/2024/03/19/news/u/hamas-police-official-who-secured-aid-distribution-among-50-executed-in-shifa-hospital-raid/
- ^ https://www.aa.com.tr/en/middle-east/israeli-commander-killed-in-raid-on-northern-gaza-hospital-army-says/3168555#:~:text=An%20Israeli%20military%20commander%20was,City%2C%20a%20military%20statement%20said.
- ^ https://www.palestinechronicle.com/israeli-commander-responsible-for-storming-al-shifa-hospital-killed-video-report/
- ^ https://www.timesofisrael.com/idf-says-numerous-gaza-gunmen-slain-in-weekend-fighting-company-commander-killed/
- ^ https://www.gov.il/en/departments/news/swords-of-iron-idf-casualties#:~:text=Share%3A,have%20been%20killed%20in%20battle.&text=%2D%20Figures%20refer%20only%20to%20IDF%20personnel%20injured%20in%20combat.
- ^ https://www.gov.il/en/departments/news/swords-of-iron-idf-casualties#:~:text=Share%3A,have%20been%20killed%20in%20battle.&text=%2D%20Figures%20refer%20only%20to%20IDF%20personnel%20injured%20in%20combat.
- ^ Mills, Peter; Javeri, Ashka; Ganzeveld, Annika; Tyson, Kathryn; Carl, Nicholas (22 February 2024). "Iran Update, February 22, 2024". Institute for the Study of War. Retrieved 22 March 2024.
- ^ https://www.gov.il/en/departments/news/swords-of-iron-idf-casualties#:~:text=Share%3A,have%20been%20killed%20in%20battle.&text=%2D%20Figures%20refer%20only%20to%20IDF%20personnel%20injured%20in%20combat.
- ^ Jhaveri, Ashka; Soltani, Amin; Moore, Johanna; Tyson, Kathryn; Braverman, Alexandra; Carl, Nicholas (7 January 2024). "Iran Update, January 7, 2024". Institute for the Study of War. Retrieved 22 March 2024.
- ^ Clarke, Colin P. (5 February 2024). "The Counterinsurgency Trap in Gaza". Foreign Affairs. 103 (2). Council on Foreign Relations. ISSN 2327-7793. OCLC 863038729. Retrieved 22 March 2024.
- ^ Rasgon, Adam; Boxerman, Aaron (23 February 2024). "As Gaza War Grinds On, Israel Prepares for a Prolonged Conflict". The New York Times. Retrieved 22 March 2024.
- ^ Burke, Jason (30 January 2024). "Hamas regroups in northern Gaza to prepare new offensive". The Guardian. Retrieved 22 March 2024.
- ^ Barbakh, Arafat; Siu, Tyrone; Al-Mughrabi, Nidal (16 January 2024). "Gaza combat resurges as Israeli tanks storm back into areas they left". Reuters. Thomson Reuters. Retrieved 22 March 2024.
- ^ "استهداف آليات الاحتلال في الشيخ رضوان" [Targeting occupation mechanisms in Sheikh Radwan]. risala (in Arabic). 17 January 2024.
- ^ "alahed".
- ^ Parry, Andie; Soltani, Amin; Moore, Johanna; Braverman, Alexandra; Tyson, Kathryn; Arman, Ahmad Omid; McGill, Anne; Fitzpatrick, Kitaneh; Carter, Brian (21 February 2024). "Iran update, February 21, 2024". Institute for the Study of War. Retrieved 22 March 2024.
- ^ Knell, Yolande; Seddon, Sean (1 April 2024). "Gaza's al-Shifa hospital in ruins after two-week Israeli raid". BBC. Retrieved 3 April 2024.
- ^ "Top hamas man killed in shifa hospital".
- ^ Gunter, Joel; Gritten, David (18 March 2024). "Israel launches night raid on Gaza al-Shifa hospital". BBC News. Retrieved 22 March 2024.
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