Palestinian resistance forces have targeted Israeli command and control centers in Khan Yunis, Rafah, and Gaza City.
The Al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of Hamas, and the al-Quds Brigades, the military wing of Islamic Jihad, jointly attacked an Israeli command and control site near a courthouse complex south of Khan Yunis with mortar shells, according to a statement released on Telegram.
The Al-Qassam Brigades also stated they targeted an Israeli command and control center near the Salah al-Din axis south of Rafah with mortar shells.
Additionally, the al-Quds Brigades confirmed they targeted an Israeli command and control headquarters in the al-Barasi area, south of the al-Zaytoun neighborhood in Gaza City, with 60-caliber mortar shells.
The Al-Qassam Brigades released footage showing the targeting of Israeli soldiers and military vehicles in infiltration axes east of Gaza City, recorded after their fighters returned from the frontlines. pic.twitter.com/ReFLV8jS0U
— The Palestine Chronicle (@PalestineChron) August 16, 2025
The Martyr Omar al-Qasim Forces, the military wing of the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine, reported that their fighters seized highly explosive materials that Israeli forces were using to demolish homes in the Jabaliya al-Balad area.
The al-Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigades also released footage of a KN-103 missile strike on the Mefalsim settlement.
Hamas Statement
In a separate statement, Hamas made the following points:
Israeli forces are systematically destroying the al-Zaytoun neighborhood as part of a “brutal war of extermination.”
The crimes of the government of Netanyahu are being carried out “in full view of the world with premeditation and public announcement.”
Netanyahu’s repeated references to the Dresden attack confirm that this is a “new and brutal chapter of violations against civilians.”
The “crimes of the Zionist occupation” would not have continued without the “green light” given by the US administration to “war criminal Netanyahu.”
The US administration must review its policies, as they make it a “de facto partner in a war of extermination.”
Hamas called on the international community and the United Nations to “abandon their silence” and work to stop the “crime of the fascist occupation.”
Hamas urged the “Arab and Islamic peoples, and the peoples of the free world,” to “rise up in support of Gaza and in rejection of the crimes and massacres of the occupation.”
(PC, Al-Mayadeen, AJA)
the Western governing-class…( and there IS a Western governing-class, made up of financiers, armament-factory ceo’s, bankers, industrialists who hide in the shadows and pull the strings on whatever Fools the people are givin the choice to elect ) The Western governing-class has DESTROYED itself by saying-doing Nothing to stop the Gaza GENOCIDE. Even the soldiers I have spoken with have NO loyalty to the so-called leaders and say they plan to desert if War breaks out… israel IS FINISHED!!.. no matter what they do, they cannot jail or even control ALL the Palestinians…And from what I and others see, NOT one Palestinian child, woman or man will ever permit israel to control them again!