The military spokesperson for the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades, Abu Ubaida, announced that "the fighters of al-Qassam were able during the last 72 hours to completely or partially destroy 72 military vehicles," confirming "the killing of 36 soldiers and causing dozens of others to be killed or wounded, while seizing equipment and belongings from some of them after targeting the invading forces with shells and anti-fortification and personnel bombs and engaging them from zero distance, as well as targeting their rescue teams in addition to successful sniping operations against their soldiers." He added: "We targeted command centers and field rooms and worked to shell military gatherings with mortars and short-range rockets across all battlefronts, and we directed missile barrages towards various targets at different ranges inside the Zionist entity."