Quds Brigades says fighters ‘eliminated’ Israeli soldiers in Gaza City’s Shujayea
The armed wing of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad says its fighters detonated a housing structure, killing an entire “Zionist force”, in Gaza City’s Shujayea neighbourhood.
In a statement, the group said it led soldiers into the building, which had a booby-trapped tunnel loaded with an undetonated F-16 rocket from an Israeli fighter jet. It added fighters are still engaging in “violent clashes” with Israeli soldiers and Israeli army vehicles in the area, using machineguns and antitank missiles.
Israeli forces killed in Shujayea reportedly lured into booby-trapped house
We have been getting reports by the Israeli media about the four soldiers that were killed inside Shujayea and five others who were critically injured.
What we’ve learned so far is that a group of Israeli soldiers were lured inside a house that was already booby-trapped with explosive devices as well as unexploded ordinance, an F-16 bomb that did not explode.
As soon as the [soldiers] got inside the house, the [devices] detonated, leaving four soldiers killed, according to the Israeli media outlets.
Two rockets fired from Gaza towards Sderot, Israeli army says
Two rockets were fired at Sderot city, southern Israel, with one being shot down by the Iron Dome air defence system, the Israeli daily Yedioth Ahronoth said, citing a military source.
The incident triggered the activation of rocket-incoming sirens in Sderot and other settlements around the Gaza Strip, the daily added. So far, no injuries or material damage have been reported in connection with the incident.
Earlier, the Islamic Jihad group’s armed wing, al-Quds Brigades, said in a brief statement that it had fired rockets and hit Israeli settlements near the Gaza Strip.
