Former Pentagon advisor Douglas MacGregor said, "A detachment of American and Israeli special forces came under fire in the Gaza Strip, after entering for the purpose of reconnaissance and identifying the possibility of liberating prisoners."

MacGregor stated, in an interview with the famous American journalist Tucker Carlson on the platform X, that “over the past 24 hours or so, some of our (American) and Israeli special forces went to the Gaza Strip to reconnaissance and determine possible ways to liberate the prisoners, but they were shot and cut into pieces.” 

The American expert added, according to the Russian RIA Novosti agency, that "not only can he not imagine an Israeli victory in one way or another during the war, but he also considers the conflict very dangerous for the United States itself because of the danger of war with Iran."

MacGregor stressed that American military power "has reached its weakest point in modern history, and therefore the country is not ready to get involved in a large-scale conflict."

This came after Pentagon spokesman Patrick Ryder confirmed the presence of American military “advisors” in the Israeli occupation state to discuss “planning” issues for operations in Gaza.

The Martyr Izz al-Din al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of the Hamas movement, announced that an armored force of the occupation army was ambushed east of Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip after it crossed the security fence for several meters, at a time when the occupation army admitted that a soldier had been killed and others wounded.

Al-Qassam explained at the time in a military report that its resistance fighters "met the infiltrating force, destroyed two bulldozers and a tank, forced the force to withdraw, and returned to their bases safely."

For its part, the occupation army admitted that a soldier was killed and 3 others were injured in the operation.

On October 7, the Chief of Staff of the Al-Qassam Brigades, Muhammad Deif, announced the launch of Operation “Al-Aqsa Flood,” after hundreds of rockets were launched from Gaza towards the occupied Palestinian territories.

The occupation army spokesman admitted that there had been hundreds of deaths and injuries among the ranks of the occupation army and settlers, in addition to the capture of dozens of soldiers and settlers.