Hamas fighters ‘remain cohesive and effective’ in battle for Rafah: Monitors.

Israeli forces advanced into new areas of central and southern Gaza on Wednesday, with armoured vehicles geo-located to positions northwest of the Nuseirat refugee camp, and armour also spotted in new areas of central and western Rafah, war monitor report.

In Rafah, Israeli forces continue to encounter “significant resistance” from Palestinians fighters from several armed groups who carried out attacks in different areas of the southern city on Wednesday, including in the Shabour and Tal es-Sultan neighbourhoods, the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) and the Critical Threats Project (CTP) said.
In their latest battlefield report, the two US-based defence think tanks said that Hamas video footage of an attack on an Israeli tank using a tunnel and improvised explosive device (IED) demonstrates that the group’s fighters in Rafah “remain cohesive and effective”.

The ISW/CTP said its analysis was consistent with a recent Israeli military report that it had “only somewhat degraded” two of the four Hamas battalions engaged in the fight for Rafah.

Four separate Palestinian armed factions also carried out rocket attacks into Israel on Wednesday, according to the report.

Source: Al Jazeera

In their latest battlefield report, the two US-based defence think tanks said that Hamas video footage of an attack on an Israeli tank using a tunnel and improvised explosive device (IED) demonstrates that the group’s fighters in Rafah “remain cohesive and effective”.

The ISW/CTP said its analysis was consistent with a recent Israeli military report that it had “only somewhat degraded” two of the four Hamas battalions engaged in the fight for Rafah.