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The Tal al-Sultan ambush occurred on 15 June 2024, when members of the armed wing of Hamas, the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades, ambushed an Israeli convoy near the Palestinian refugee camp of Tal al-Sultan, west of Rafah in the Gaza Strip.
| Tal al-Sultan ambush | |||||||
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| Part of the Rafah offensive during the Israel–Hamas war | |||||||
 A Namer APC and a Merkava tank of the 601st Combat Engineering Battalion during an exercise in January 2023 | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 Hamas |
 Israel | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Unknown |
 Wassem Mahmoud † | ||||||
| Units involved | |||||||
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Al-Qassam Brigades | |||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
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None |
8 killed 1 Namer destroyed 1 D9 armored bulldozer destroyed | ||||||
Background
[edit]On 6 May, Israeli forces launched a military offensive in and around the city of Rafah. Before and during the initial phase of the operation, Israeli forces conducted at least 50 airstrikes targeting the area.[1]
On 26 May, an Israeli airstrike in Rafah resulted in the deaths of 45 Palestinians. According to Israeli authorities, the strike targeted a Hamas installation. The attack triggered a fire in the Tel al-Sultan refugee camp, where dozens of refugees were sheltered.[2][3]
Ambush
[edit]At around 05:00 local time a Namer armored personnal carrier which was involved in a overnight offenisve against Hamas in Tal al-Sultan was heading to buildings captured by the IDF, for the troops to rest while enrout Hamas shot a Al-Yassin 105 anti-armor missile at a Caterpillar D9 armored bulldozer setting it on fire, injuring and killing its crew when reinforcments came shot another Al-Yassin 105 missile at a Namer which was the fifth or sixth vehicle in the convoy was it was initially believed that the Namer hit a mine. Hamas destroyed it and killed its crew
According to Abu Obeida, the spokesman of Hamas,
Aftermath
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ News, A. B. C. "Israel-Gaza updates: 300,000 have fled Rafah, UN agency says". ABC News. Retrieved 2024-12-05.
{{cite web}}:|last=has generic name (help) - ^ Al-Shalchi, Hadeel; Baba, Anas (May 27, 2024). "An Israeli airstrike killed 45 Palestinians in an encampment for displaced people". npr.
- ^ "Israeli strike on Rafah, where displaced Gazans are sheltering, kills 35 days after ICJ ruling". ABC News. 2024-05-26. Retrieved 2024-12-05.