Israeli Knesset member and former deputy head of the intelligence service (Mossad) Ram Ben Barak stated that the war in Gaza is futile and that Tel Aviv is losing it, as our economy collapses.

Ben Barak stated to Israeli radio: "This is a war without a goal, and we are unmistakably losing it... We are compelled to return to fighting in the same areas, losing more soldiers."

He added: "We are losing on the international stage, our relations with the United States are deteriorating severely, and the Israeli economy is collapsing," and concluded with a question: "Show me one thing we have succeeded in!"

These statements came in light of the losses incurred by the occupation forces during ground battles in the Gaza Strip.

Earlier today, the Qassam Brigades announced their success in killing 15 Israeli soldiers in battles east of Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip.

The Qassam stated in a statement that its fighters managed to eliminate 15 Israeli soldiers after targeting a Qassam group in a house where a large number of soldiers had fortified themselves with an anti-personnel explosive "Thunderous."

It added that its fighters then stormed the house and engaged with the remaining soldiers at point-blank range using light machine guns and hand grenades in the Tinour neighborhood east of the city of Rafah in the southern sector.

Abu Ubaida, the spokesperson for the Qassam, stated yesterday that the brigades' fighters had managed to target 100 Israeli military vehicles in the combat zones in Gaza over a period of ten days.

He said that the occupation, in all its areas of incursion, counts its dead and wounded in the dozens and hardly stops retrieving its soldiers, adding: "The occupation announces a portion of its losses, but what we observe is much greater."