GAZA, (PIC)
Al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of Hamas, said it destroyed on Monday morning 13 Israeli armored vehicles, including tanks, and killed a number of soldiers, amid rocket fire at settlements and military sites.
In a communiqué, al-Qassam Brigades said its fighters ambushed and eliminated a number of Israeli soldiers at close range in Sheikh Radwan neighborhood in Gaza City and returned to their posts safely.
Al-Qassam fighters also attacked and destroyed five tanks and five troop carriers in the east of Gaza. Later, the Brigades announced the destruction of three more armored vehicles in the same area.
The Brigades added that it fired Rajum projectiles at Nirim settlement and bombed a gathering of Israeli troops and vehicles in the east of Magen settlement with rockets.
The Brigades also launched rocket attacks on Ashkelon and the military site of Isnad Sufa.
Meanwhile, the Israeli occupation army admitted today that three of its soldiers, including an officer, were killed and another one was seriously injured during an operation in northern Gaza.
