Qassam Brigades reports fierce clashes in Gaza City
The armed wing of Hamas says its fighters struck an Israeli troop carrier surrounded by soldiers with an al-Yassin 105 rocket in the Tal al-Hawa neighbourhood, south of Gaza City.
Multiple soldiers were killed or wounded in the attack, according to the group’s statement on Telegram.
In a separate incident, the group said it destroyed Israeli forces penetrating to the same neighbourhood with mortar shells.
Al-Quds Brigades says it captured Israeli drone
The armed wing of Palestinian Islamic Jihad says it took control of an Israeli Evo Max drone while it was carrying out intelligence missions in the east of Khan Younis in southern Gaza.
A statement on Telegram also said, in conjunction with the Hamas’ Qassam Brigades, al-Quds fighters destroyed with heavy mortar shells an Israeli army headquarters in the Bani Suhaila area in eastern Khan Younis.
Qassam, al-Quds Brigades claim attacks on Israeli military targets
The military wings of Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad say their fighters:
- Fought a group of soldiers – using machineguns and hand grenades – in Tal al-Hawa south of Gaza City, leading to an unspecified number of deaths and injuries.
- Used 114mm short-range Rajoum rockets to target an Israeli military command centre in the Netzarim Corridor, which Israel set up during the war to separate northern Gaza from the south.
- Targeted a military personnel carrier with Yasin-105 rockets in Tal al-Hawa neighbourhood.
- Shelled groups of soldiers in Tal al-Hawa, as well as north of Juhr al-Deek in the central Gaza Strip.
- Fired antipersonnel weapons on a group of soldiers stationed inside a house in Tal al-Hawa.
- Targeted a Merkava tank with Yasin-105 rockets, also in Tal al-Hawa.
- Shelled an Israeli military command centre in Bani Suheila, east of Khan Younis.
- Shelled an Israeli military command centre east of al-Qarara in Khan Younis.
