Al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of Hamas, said on Sunday evening that a group of its fighters were able to launch a surprise attack on zionist army units and destroy some of them after they infiltrated into the east of Khan Yunis, south of the Gaza Strip.

In a communiqué, al-Qassam Brigades explained that its fighters destroyed two infiltrating armored bulldozers and one tank in a border area inside Gaza and forced zionist troops to leave their vehicles and escape on foot into a military post behind the security fence.

The Brigades added that its fighters returned to their posts safely following this operation on the border.

Local sources reported hearing fierce armed clashes and explosions in the east of Khan Yunis, adding that the Israeli army carried out aerial and artillery attack on the area after its troops came under attack by resistance fighters.

The Hebrew media claimed that four israeli soldiers were injured, one seriously, when Palestinian gunmen fired one anti-tank missile at an Israeli army vehicle near Kissufim, east of Khan Yunis. (ILKHA)