TEHRAN (Defapress) - According to the Palestinian Information Center, the Qassam Brigades, the military wing of the Hamas movement, issued a statement announcing that elements of this brigade carried out a complex ambush operation on Sunday against a group of Israeli army soldiers who were taking refuge inside a house east of the city of Al-Qarara, east of Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip.
The statement added that the Qassam fighters blew up the house with a number of high explosives, and after the house collapsed, the enemy soldiers were killed and wounded.
Hamas also blew up the opening of a tunnel when the Israeli army soldiers arrived and clashed with them with light weapons.
The Hamas statement announced that elements of this group witnessed the landing of helicopters to evacuate the dead and wounded soldiers.
Hebrew media also announced that this morning, Israeli helicopters transported wounded soldiers to 2 hospitals in Tel Hashomer and Beilinson . These soldiers were injured during the clashes in the Gaza Strip.
The Hebrew website, Hadashot Bazman, acknowledged that a security incident had occurred in the Gaza Strip. The website did not provide further details.