Gaza City, December 22 (RHC)-- At least five Israeli troops have been killed during complex operations staged by Palestinian fighters in the Gaza Strip, where the Israeli regime has been waging an unbridled war of genocide for the past 15 months.

The fatalities were caused on Saturday after the fighters engaged the forces at close and point-blank range inside the coastal sliver.  In a statement, al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of the Palestinian resistance movement Hamas, said, “In a complex operation, our fighters managed to kill three Zionist soldiers by stabbing them with knives and seizing their personal weapons.”

This is the second operation to be carried out by the fighters using cold weapons against the regime’s troops.

“They (the fighters) then stormed a house where an infantry force was fortified and killed two of its soldiers at the house gate. They clashed with the others at point-blank range in the middle of the Jabalia camp, north of the Strip.”

Al-Qassam Brigades, named after Syrian freedom fighter Ezzedine al-Qassam, have become synonymous with resilience and heroism since October 7 last year.