According to a report by Al Jazeera, The armed wing of Hamas, known as the Qassam Brigades, has asserted that it launched a series of attacks on Israeli soldiers and vehicles within the past hours in northern Gaza, specifically targeting the Shujayea neighborhood of Gaza City which had been previously occupied last week.
The Qassam Brigades said its fighters lured Israeli soldiers into a “tight ambush” and engaged in a firefight, killing and wounding several. It said its fighters “monitored the helicopter landing to evacuate them”.
The group also said it fired a SAM 7 missile toward an Israeli-operated Apache helicopter in the skies of Shujayea, without reporting a hit.
It also claimed to fire rockets at Israeli positions near Gaza city, and to successfully hit three Merkava tanks with anti-armour explosives.
The intense fighting has left many civilians dead others displaced, with thousands fleeing the area in search of safer grounds.