#Gaza#Israel
Overall summary of 2021 clashes (May 10-21)
- Casualties toll :
Acc to the health ministry in Gaza, atleast 232 were killed including 65 children & 39 women, around 1900 were injured.
While 10 Israelis including 2 children were killed, 230+ others were wounded.
- Estimated number of militants KIA is anywhere between 70 to 120.
(200+ were claimed to have been killed acc to the IDF including 20+ seniors).
..pics below show a number of confirmed militants KIA in Gaza.
- While 1 Israeli serviceman was killed and at least 5 were injured.
- 4360+ rockets were launched from Gaza (90% claimed to have been intercepted) in addition to atleast 3-4 ATGM strikes resulted in 1 destroyed jeep, 1 damaged bus & reportedly 1 neutralized tank transporter..+
.....+ add to that reportedly one Israeli jeep damaged due to mortar fire.
- 1500+ strikes were conducted by the IDF.
Suspected tunnel systems, rocket launchers, weapons depot and other facilities were said to have been targeted.
230+ buildings were destroyed & 678+ were severely damaged acc to the OCHA.
- Pictures below of confirmed destroyed military targets from the *released* strikes footage by the IDF :
(mainly rocket launchers, weapon depots, ATGM crews, a Shehab drone, etc..)
#Thread on domestically made weaponry in #Gaza strip.
1) "Al-Banna" Anti-Armor Rocket launcher, developed in 2002 under the direction of Adnan Al-Ghoul & Mohamed Al-Deif.
An extensive amount of it was made & supplied to Al-Qassam's operatives & others factions' operatives.
2) "Al-Battar" Anti-Armor unguided Missile Launcher, a simple but relatively affective launcher that consists of a 1m launch tube supported by a tripod with a missile that carries 4kg of high explosive materials produced by Al-Qassam Brigades and introduced in 2003.
"Al-Battar" launcher would be installed in a certain direction while the rear of the missile would be connected to a wire so it can be launched from distance.
#Thread on unguided artillery rockets used or were used by different militant groups in #Gaza.
- Al-Qassam Brigades (armed wing of Hamas) : 1) "Qassam-1", first local made rocket with 2-3 km range, a length of 70cm and carries 1kg warhead.
Introduced on October 26, 2001
2) "Qassam-2", 120mm local made rocket with 9-12km range, a length of 1.8m and carries 5.5kg warhead. Introduced in 2002
3)"Qassam-3", local made rocket with 16-17km range, a length of 3m & carries 10kg warhead.
Introduced in 2005. (pics 1+2)
4) 107mm rocket, with about 8km range, a length of 1m & carries 3+kg warhead.
Acquired from abroad, introduced in 2008-2009 war. (launcher pic 3)