The spokesman for the Al-Qassam Brigades, Abu Ubaida, stated in a recorded message that the Palestinian people are facing systematic extermination "by an enemy that is secure from punishment in a world ruled by the law of the jungle." He mentioned, "Our fighters destroyed 24 Israeli military vehicles completely or partially." He added, "We directed counter-armor strikes towards the military vehicles." He continued, "We are leading an unequal war, but history will remember it. The snipers of the Al-Qassam Brigades are dealing with soldiers entrenched in homes or those who dare to stick their heads out of the vehicles they are hiding in. What we have published or will publish will document the destruction of enemy vehicles and the ascendance of its armored units."