Mon Jul 21, 2014 13:03:25
The Palestinian resistance movement Hamas has said that a group of its fighters has infiltrated southern lands of the occupied territories from a tunnel in the northern Gaza Strip.
The operation was in retaliation for the "massacre" in the al-Shujaiyya neighborhood of Gaza City on Sunday, Hamas said on Monday.
The Ezzedine al-Qassam Brigades managed to attack Israeli troops, Hamas said, adding that the fighters destroyed an Israeli military jeep.
The Brigades announced that the Gaza fighters have infiltrated lines of Israeli troops since the beginning of their ground military aggression into Gaza on Thursday.
The resistance fighters were intent on inflicting heavy losses on the Israeli military ranks within their own turf.
Residents in Kissufim and nearby areas in southern occupied territories were told to stay in their homes by Israeli authorities and a main highway to Asqalan area of Beit Lahiya was closed.
Some Israeli casualties were finally reported by the regime's media outlets although their underestimated figure are in conflict with relatively larger numbers reported by Palestinian resistance fighters.
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