Al-Qassam Brigades: Israeli Soldiers, vehicles hit in Gaza minefield explosion
The Al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas), announced today, Monday, that on Saturday they detonated a minefield targeting a force of Israeli soldiers and vehicles in the southern part of Al-Zaytoun neighborhood in Gaza City, resulting in several soldiers being killed and wounded and their vehicles destroyed.
In a statement received by the Yemeni News Agency (Saba), Al-Qassam said:
'Our fighters succeeded on Saturday in luring a force of enemy soldiers and vehicles into a minefield composed of anti-personnel and anti-armor explosives in the vicinity of Al-Manasrah Stadium, south of Al-Zaytoun neighborhood in Gaza City.'
The statement added:
'Our fighters observed the evacuation of dead and wounded soldiers and the towing of the targeted vehicles under heavy covering fire.'
This operation comes as part of a series of actions carried out by Palestinian resistance factions against Israeli forces penetrating multiple battlefronts across the Gaza Strip.
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