{"id":19835,"date":"2025-07-04T21:29:42","date_gmt":"2025-07-04T21:29:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/?p=19835"},"modified":"2025-07-04T21:29:42","modified_gmt":"2025-07-04T21:29:42","slug":"yisrael-katz-tough-day-for-israeli-forces-amid-escalating-resistance-in-gaza","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/2025\/07\/04\/yisrael-katz-tough-day-for-israeli-forces-amid-escalating-resistance-in-gaza\/","title":{"rendered":"Yisrael Katz: \u201cTough Day\u201d for Israeli Forces Amid Escalating Resistance in Gaza"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ai-optimize-6 ai-optimize-introduction\"><em><strong>Watan<\/strong><\/em>-Israeli occupation forces carried out several deadly attacks on the Gaza Strip, deliberately bombing displacement tents and launching air raids in the form of \u201cfire belts\u201d across areas where residents had been threatened with forced displacement. Meanwhile, Gaza\u2019s Civil Defense called for an urgent humanitarian truce, and the United Nations warned of a potential shutdown of Gaza\u2019s humanitarian \u201clifeline.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"ai-optimize-8\" data-start=\"1208\" data-end=\"1448\">According to Turkey\u2019s Anadolu Agency, 71 Palestinians\u2014including children, women, and 24 individuals waiting for aid\u2014were killed and dozens more injured since early Friday in scattered Israeli bombings and gunfire across the strip.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ai-optimize-9\" data-start=\"1450\" data-end=\"1635\">The Israeli army claimed Friday that it now has \u201coperational control\u201d over about 65% of Gaza\u2019s territory, despite growing battlefield difficulties due to Palestinian resistance.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ai-optimize-10\" data-start=\"1637\" data-end=\"1903\">Since March 18, the date the war resumed, 33 Israeli soldiers have been killed, as reported by Israeli Army Radio. On Friday alone, the military acknowledged two more soldiers killed and two seriously wounded in battles in northern and southern Gaza.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ai-optimize-11\" data-start=\"1905\" data-end=\"1980\">Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant described the day as \u201cdifficult.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_8531\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8531\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-8531 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Galant-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant described the day as \u201cdifficult.\u201d\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Galant-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Galant-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Galant-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Galant-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Galant-450x338.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Galant.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-8531\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Former Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3 class=\"ai-optimize-12\" data-start=\"1987\" data-end=\"2027\">Palestinian Armed Resistance:<\/h3>\n<ul data-start=\"2028\" data-end=\"2822\">\n<li class=\"ai-optimize-13\" data-start=\"2028\" data-end=\"2288\">\n<p class=\"ai-optimize-14\" data-start=\"2030\" data-end=\"2288\">Al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of Hamas, announced it had targeted a Merkava tank with a \u201cYassin 105\u201d shell in eastern Gaza City\u2019s al-Tuffah neighborhood, and shelled an Israeli command center in the same area with three mortar rounds.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"ai-optimize-15\" data-start=\"2289\" data-end=\"2822\">\n<p class=\"ai-optimize-16\" data-start=\"2291\" data-end=\"2556\">Al-Quds Brigades, the armed wing of Islamic Jihad, released footage of a \u201ccomplex special operation\u201d in eastern Shuja&#8217;iyya, in which militants ambushed Israeli soldiers and vehicles, even attacking the homes Israeli forces had fortified themselves in.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"ai-optimize-15\" data-start=\"2289\" data-end=\"2822\">\n<p class=\"ai-optimize-16\" data-start=\"2291\" data-end=\"2556\">A commander in the operation said:\u201cThe enemy soldiers lost all initiative and reaction. They fled screaming without firing at our fighters.\u201d<br data-start=\"2708\" data-end=\"2711\" \/>\u201cWe saw charred corpses of enemy soldiers and officers. As always, the enemy lies and conceals its losses.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"ai-optimize-17\" data-start=\"2824\" data-end=\"2971\">Other factions, including Omar al-Qassem Forces, Al-Nasser Brigades, and Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, also claimed a series of operations.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_19830\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-19830\" style=\"width: 1000px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-19830 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/26.jpg\" alt=\"Yisrael Katz: \u201cTough Day\u201d for Israeli Forces Amid Escalating Resistance in Gaza\" width=\"1000\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/26.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/26-300x180.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/26-768x461.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-19830\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Palestinian Resistance Deals Major Blow to Israeli Army in Gaza<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3 class=\"ai-optimize-18\" data-start=\"2978\" data-end=\"3009\">\u00a0Humanitarian Crisis<\/h3>\n<p class=\"ai-optimize-19\" data-start=\"3010\" data-end=\"3214\">Gaza\u2019s Civil Defense spokesperson Mahmoud Basal urged international mediators and the global community to immediately declare a comprehensive humanitarian truce until a final agreement is reached.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ai-optimize-20\" data-start=\"3216\" data-end=\"3455\">Gaza Municipality announced a reduction in basic services, warning that the ongoing displacement crisis and shortage of resources are exacerbating the humanitarian disaster, with rising thirst, disease, and environmental risks.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ai-optimize-22\" data-start=\"3482\" data-end=\"3884\">Since October 7, 2023, Israel\u2014backed by the United States\u2014has waged a war in Gaza described by many observers and institutions as genocidal. The war has killed or injured more than 192,000 Palestinians, mostly women and children, with over 10,000 missing, and driven hundreds of thousands from their homes, while famine and disease continue to claim lives\u2014especially among children.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Watan-Israeli occupation forces carried out several deadly attacks on the Gaza Strip, deliberately bombing displacement tents and launching air raids in the form of \u201cfire belts\u201d across areas where residents had been threatened with forced displacement. 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