Qassam Brigades Targets 4 Engineering Excavators, Merkava Tank, Israeli Bulldozer
Gaza - Saba:
The Qassam Brigades, the military wing of the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas), announced on Saturday that it had targeted four engineering excavators, a Merkava tank, and an Israeli bulldozer in Khan Yunis.
In two separate statements received by the Yemeni News Agency (Saba), it explained that it had targeted four Israeli engineering excavators with Al-Yasin 105 missiles, setting them on fire.
The group indicated that its fighters observed a number of dead and wounded Israeli soldiers at the targeted site, in addition to helicopters landing to evacuate the area in the center of the town of Abasan al-Kabira, east of Khan Yunis, south of the Gaza Strip.
It added: "Qassam fighters also managed to target a Merkava tank and a D9 military bulldozer yesterday, Friday, with two highly explosive landmines in the town of Abasan al-Kabira, east of Khan Yunis, south of the Gaza Strip."
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