Operation Al-Aqsa Storm: 300 Israelis killed, 100 captured by resistance fighters
The Palestinian resistance’s Operation Al-Aqsa Storm has so far killed 300 Israeli forces and settlers, according to Israeli media, IRNA reports.
Gaza-based Palestinian resistance launched their biggest operation against Israel in years on Saturday morning, in a surprise offensive that combined fighters crossing the fence into the Israeli-occupied territories with a heavy barrage of rockets and drone attacks from the Gaza Strip.
Al Jazeera reported that some 1,100 settlers were also injured inside the occupied territories.
The Israeli military announced that the commanding officer of the Nahal Infantry Brigade, Col. Jonathan Steinberg, was killed on Saturday in the Kerem Shalom area near the border with the Gaza Strip.
Israeli media reported on Sunday that about 100 Israeli forces were captured in Operation Al-Aqsa Storm.
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