GAZA CITY, Palestine

The Al-Qassam Brigades announced Thursday that its fighters destroyed 21 Israeli military vehicles in areas of the Gaza Strip and levelled a building in Beit Hanoun where Israeli forces were holed up.

In separate statements on Telegram, the armed wing of the Palestinian group Hamas said it targeted five military jeeps attempting to infiltrate west of Beit Lahia with Al-Yassin 105 anti-armor missiles, resulting in the destruction of two jeeps, a Wolf Armored Vehicle and a Defender, which were engaged with machine guns at point-blank range.”

It further said that its fighters managed to engage a “fortified Zionist force inside a building in Beit Hanoun with 12 anti-fortification Al-Yassin TBG shells,” leading to the complete destruction of the building and the killing or wounding of all Israeli soldiers.

Later, it clarified that since Thursday morning, they succeeded in “destroying a house where Israeli occupation soldiers were fortified, causing casualties, and destroying 21 Zionist vehicles, either completely or partially, in all axes of the incursion in the Gaza Strip.”

There has been no comment so far from the Israeli army on the statements.

*Writing by Rania Abu Shamala