KHAN YOUNIS (PIC)– Two fighters affiliated with the Qassam Brigades the armed wing of the Hamas Movement were killed at dawn Thursday while confronting an IOF special unit that was attempting to infiltrate through the eastern borders of Khan Younis south of the Gaza Strip.
The armed wing said in a communiqué that Ayman Fiseifes and Ahmed Tabash both 23-year-old were killed in an armed confrontation with an advancing IOF special unit in Abbasan Al-Kabira village east of Khan Younis district.
It said that the two Qassam members had bravely fought several battles with the occupiers and would be avenged at the opportune time and place.
Local sources said that the IOF soldiers tried to infiltrate into the area at dawn but were met with the Qassam fighters who forced the troops to retreat.
For his part an IOF spokesman acknowledged the clash adding that the two resistance fighters were killed when they approached the security fence separating the Gaza Strip from the Palestinian lands occupied in 1948 while pursuing the IOF unit members.
Eyewitnesses said that they heard heavy firing in the area and saw intensified hovering of IOF choppers.
