Feb. 27: ‘Axis of Resistance’ operations against Israeli occupation

By Press TV Website Staff

Amid Israel’s genocidal war on Gaza, which has killed more than 30,000 Palestinians so far, including at least 14,000 children, resistance groups in Palestine and across the region continue their operations against the Tel Aviv regime and its Western backers.

The operations carried out by the Palestinian and regional resistance groups on Tuesday, February 27, are as follows:

Al-Qassam Brigades’ operations on Feb. 27:

• Targeted an Israeli military’s D9-bulldozer with Yassin-105 rockets, causing it to catch fire, near Musab bin Umair Mosque, east of Al-Zaytoun neighborhood, Gaza City.
• Destroyed a Merkava tank with a Yassin-105 rocket in the vicinity of Al-Musallabah area, Al-Zaytoun neighborhood, Gaza City.
• Pounded a gathering of Israeli soldiers around the Al-Musallabah area, Al-Zaytoun neighborhood, east of Gaza City, with mortars.
• Targeted a Merkava tank with a Yassin-05 rocket in the Al-Baldah area, Khan Younis city, southern Gaza Strip.
• Engaged in fierce clashes with Israeli forces between Streets 8 and 9, south of Al-Zaytoun neighborhood, Gaza City.  

Al-Quds Brigades’ operations on Feb. 27:

• Shelled Askalan and Gaza envelope settlements with a barrage of rockets.
• Destroyed an Israeli military vehicle with a "Thaqqib - Barrel" explosive device around the Doulah Junction, south of Al-Zaytoun neighborhood, Gaza City.
• Destroyed an Israeli military vehicle with a "Thaqqib" explosive device in Al-Sikka Street, east of Al-Zaytoun neighborhood, Gaza City.
• Ambushed an Israeli force in a well-planned operation inside a building that got blown up using an unexploded rocket in the vicinity of Doulah Junction, south of Al-Zaytoun neighborhood, Gaza City.
• Shelled a gathering of Israeli soldiers near the Ali Mosque, southwest of the Al-Zaytoun neighborhood, Gaza City, with 60-caliber mortar shells.

Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades’ operations on Feb. 27:

• Destroyed an Israeli military vehicle with an "Asif" explosive device, followed by an RPG rocket, setting it on fire in the Al-Zaytoun neighborhood, southeast of Gaza City.
• Shelled a gathering of Israeli soldiers in the axis around Doulah Junction, south of the Al-Zaytoun neighborhood, Gaza City, with 60-caliber mortar shells.
• Shelled a gathering of Israeli soldiers in the axis north of Musab bin Umair Mosque, east of the Zaytoun neighborhood, with 60-caliber mortar shells.

Mujahideen Brigades’ operations on Feb. 27:

• Destroyed a Merkava-4 tank with a tandem rocket in the southern axis of the Al-Zaytoun neighborhood.
• Targeted an Israeli military vehicle with an anti-tank rocket in the axis of Al-Zaytoun, Gaza City.
• Engaged in fierce clashes with Israeli soldiers using appropriate weapons in the axes in the Al-Zaytoun neighborhood in Gaza City, resulting in casualties.  

Abu Ali Mustafa Brigades’ operations on Feb. 27:

• Targeted Israeli military’s tactical formations east of Gaza and the combat axis in the Al-Zaytoun neighborhood with mortar shells.

Hezbollah’s operations on Feb. 27:

Eastern sector:

• At around 11:35 local time, the Ruwaisat Al-Alam site in Shebaa was targeted with appropriate weapons.
• At around 11:35 local time, surveillance equipment was targeted at the Ramtha site in Shebaa with appropriate weapons.
• At around 13:30 local time, Israeli soldiers on Al-Tayhat Hill were targeted with appropriate weapons.
• At around 15:18 local time, the Al-Marj site was targeted with missiles.

Western sector:

• At around 8:00 local time, the Meron Air Control Base in Jabal Al-Jarmak was targeted with missiles.
• At around 15:45 local time, the Meron Air Command, Control and Surveillance Base was targeted for the second time with a batch of anti-armor missiles.
• At around 16:45 local time, the headquarters of the 146th Division in Jatoun/Ga'aton was targeted with dozens of Katyusha

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