GAZA, Palestine

Hamas' Al-Qassam Brigades said on Sunday that its members had destroyed six Israeli tanks with Yassin 105 shells and killed a number of soldiers since the morning.

The brigades said, in a series of statements on its Telegram channel, that its fighters had destroyed, with locally made Yassin 105 shells, an Israeli tank northwest of Gaza City, two tanks in Tal al-Hawa (south of Gaza City), and three others in Beit Hanoun (northern Gaza Strip).

It added that its members "engaged in armed clashes with enemy forces northwest of Gaza this morning and last night, and destroyed a tank with an Al-Yassin 105 shell," adding that its fighters "confirmed that they killed a number of soldiers at close range."

On Saturday, a brigades spokesman said in a recorded speech that the Palestinian group has completely or partially destroyed 24 military vehicles in the last 48 hours.

On the other side, the Israeli army has announced the death of 30 of its soldiers in Gaza since the start of the ground operation.