TPO April 26, 2025
The growing pattern of well-coordinated ambushes continued yesterday in the Shuja’iyya neighborhood, offering yet another glimpse into how far the resistance’s battlefield strategy has evolved.
According to enemy reports, a force from the Zionist army’s 16th Reserve Brigade launched an offensive on the eastern outskirts of Shuja’iyya, about 1.5 kilometers from the Gaza border. After carrying out search operations and destroying Hamas infrastructure, the unit stayed put — unaware they were sitting right inside a trap set by Hamas fighters.
At some point during their deployment, a group of Hamas operatives made contact, engaging the soldiers directly inside one of the neighborhood’s buildings. A fighter from the Israeli secret Border Guard unit, known as Yamas, was killed in the shootout.
What followed was a chaotic two-hour rescue operation. Reinforcements rushed in to extract the trapped soldiers, but Hamas fighters kept the pressure on, opening fire at least five different times during the evacuation attempts.
During the course of the rescue:
- An anti-tank missile was fired at a military Hummer, moderately wounding one soldier.
Two more missiles were fired at a tank from the 46th Battalion, but there were no immediate casualties.
- Around an hour after the first clash, another anti-tank missile struck a second tank from the 46th Battalion, killing a battalion officer, Captain Ido Volush, and lightly wounding another soldier.
- About half an hour later, yet another missile was fired at the force. Hamas fighters opened fire as well, moderately wounding two more soldiers.
By the end of the day, two Israeli fighters were dead — Neta Yitzhak Kahana from the Yamas unit and Captain Ido Volush — and three others were wounded, including the commander of the 16th battalion(currently in critical condition).
Takeaway
What happened in Shuja’iyya wasn’t just a firefight — it was a full-scale trap, set and sprung with precision. The resistance showed once again that they’re not just reacting to enemy movements, they’re shaping the battlefield itself.
Layered ambushes, timed missile strikes, and relentless pressure during rescue operations have become the new normal. Every “clearing operation” the Zionist forces attempt now carries the risk of walking straight into a well-planned kill zone. Shuja’iyya proved that the resistance’s shift in tactics is not just holding — it is deepening.
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