In a press statement issued on Tuesday, the al-Qassam Brigades said its fighters targeted Israeli forces fortified inside a house in the Shujaiyah neighborhood with a shell and directly engaged them head-on.
As more Israeli troops were sent to the site to evacuate the casualties, Hamas fighters fired an anti-personnel explosive device at them, Xinhua news agency cited the statement as saying.
In the Tal al-Hawa neighborhood, southwest of Gaza City, Hamas fighters managed to target other Israeli forces fortified inside a house, killing and wounding several Israeli soldiers, the al-Qassam Brigades said in the statement. Went.
According to the statement, an Israeli soldier was hit directly by a Hamas sniper in the industrial area of the Tal al-Hawa neighborhood.
The statement said Hamas fighters detonated an anti-personnel explosive device at a gathering of Israeli soldiers near Riyadh Tower in the western Tal al-Hawa neighborhood, killing and wounding several people.
It said they also managed to detonate an anti-personnel explosive device near an Israeli foot patrol consisting of six soldiers south of the Tal al-Hawa neighborhood, causing deaths and injuries.
So far, there has been no comment from the Israeli Army on the Hamas report.
Israel is carrying out a large-scale offensive against Hamas in the Gaza Strip in response to Hamas's incursion through the southern Israeli border on October 7, 2023, during which about 1,200 people were killed and more than 250 were taken hostage .
Hamas-run health officials said the total number of Palestinians killed in Gaza as of Tuesday since the outbreak of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict has reached 38,243.
As more Israeli troops were sent to the site to evacuate the casualties, Hamas fighters fired an anti-personnel explosive device at them, Xinhua news agency cited the statement as saying.
In the Tal al-Hawa neighborhood, southwest of Gaza City, Hamas fighters managed to target other Israeli forces fortified inside a house, killing and wounding several Israeli soldiers, the al-Qassam Brigades said in the statement. Went.
According to the statement, an Israeli soldier was hit directly by a Hamas sniper in the industrial area of the Tal al-Hawa neighborhood.
The statement said Hamas fighters detonated an anti-personnel explosive device at a gathering of Israeli soldiers near Riyadh Tower in the western Tal al-Hawa neighborhood, killing and wounding several people.
It said they also managed to detonate an anti-personnel explosive device near an Israeli foot patrol consisting of six soldiers south of the Tal al-Hawa neighborhood, causing deaths and injuries.
So far, there has been no comment from the Israeli Army on the Hamas report.
Israel is carrying out a large-scale offensive against Hamas in the Gaza Strip in response to Hamas's incursion through the southern Israeli border on October 7, 2023, during which about 1,200 people were killed and more than 250 were taken hostage .
Hamas-run health officials said the total number of Palestinians killed in Gaza as of Tuesday since the outbreak of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict has reached 38,243.
