Combat operations in Gaza are now in the densest neighborhoods yet. This is illustrated in the combat footage. The footage shows tanks proceeding with infantry support.
IDF combat operations Gaza pic.twitter.com/9AuHMmAkCm
— Darth Intra (@darthintra) December 11, 2023
Khan Younis is dug in, and the resistance militias have squads with RPGs in place. The map shows how urbanized Khan Younis is. The IDF has brought in heavy artillery to pulverize this city. Civilians likely are clearing out to killing fields and God forsaken Mawasi to die this winter.
The map update shows Khan Younis in south Gaza. This map and the second below shows Bet Lahyai in north Gaza almost encircled. Then the IDF will need to close and clear this terrain, which the way things are going may take another week of slogging.
Here a group of IDF are hit from a vantage point, which are ample in this urban terrain. Direct hits are difficult and the wounds seem to be fragmentary which may explain the high wounded to KIA ratio.
The Gaza urban warfare is one of the nastiest combat undertaking the IDF 🇮🇱 is facing in the strip – tight streets and alleys combined with intensive narrow buildings : Israelis soldiers come under direct targeting from hiding Palestinian gunmen,,,,, pic.twitter.com/R0BFwpk1xo
— Nagi N. Najjar (@NagiNajjar) December 10, 2023
The IDF is fessing up to only 104 KIA for the ground offensive. Count me skeptical. I wonder how many friendly fire casualties there are given the IDF’s “get some” indiscriminate fire.
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There are an inordinate number of officers (23) and NCOs apparent on the list. IDF indicates that 2200 have received serious disabling wounds. Israel’s YNet on Gaza losses: ‘We have not been through anything like this.’ Every day the rehab wing takes in about 60 new wounded, and the tsunami of trauma is still ahead of us.”
The high seriously wounded to KIA might make sense given that evacuation helicopters seem to be at the ready, and the trip to military hospitals is short. The IDF wears upper body armor.
Israël 🇮🇱 | Palestine 🇵🇸 : images du travail de combat de l’unité 669 des forces spéciales de l’air israélienne (évacuation médicale) dans la bande de Gaza. pic.twitter.com/mMj15x3Qta
— Réalité sur Terrain (RT) (@RT_actualite) December 10, 2023
With no rescue coming from the Arab world and US ZOG engaged, it is very likely the Gaza genocide will ramp up further in the days and weeks ahead.
A young Palestinian girl trembles in fear due to the Israeli shelling of her home in the Gaza Strip.💔😭#StrikeForGaza #Gaza_Geniocide #BoycottZara #Gaza #Palestine #الاضراب_الشامل #ابو_عبيدة #غزة_العزة pic.twitter.com/r0Mjmo8X36
— Gul Sher Khan (@Gulsher2000) December 11, 2023
This song for the #ChildrenOfGaza is:
So sad & so beautiful
So true & so touching
So emotional & heartbreaking 💔.
This should be played everywhere; the World needs to listen to it, so True & well sung .
If it does not make you cry you will try & hold back your tears. pic.twitter.com/0jPU3NT9e8— Alpha100 (@100_alpha) December 9, 2023
Future urban combatants, take note- everyone except the grenadiers has a vertical foregrip. Virtually all the grunts have gloves, versus only one of the mounted infantry, who appear to be photo-oping rather than actually participating. Nobody is using cover, no return fire. Also, note the prodigious ammo expenditure.
As far as Israeli casualties, I would bet that the vast majority are operational in nature- burns, glass cuts, hearing damage, concrete dust in the eyes. The unfortunate Palis, if they ever had access to weapons, ran out of ammo, water and hope a couple of weeks ago. Most of these guys, who are now being hunted like rats, without any hope of surrender or any way to fight back, probably never had any training in the first place.
This is coming here, oh brothers- this is coming here. Soon.