Al-Qassam Brigades announced that its fighters managed to raid an occupation site in southeastern Khan Younis, South of Gaza.
An infantry force stormed the newly-established site, targeting Merkava IV tanks and raiding houses where the soldiers had already resorted, Al-Qassam added.
Al-Qassam statement noted the fighters killed a number of soldiers and sniped a Merkava IV tank driver, inflicting a deadly injury upon him.
Upon the arrival of the Zionist rescue force, one of Al-Qassam fighters blew himself up into the enemy troops, killing a number of soldiers, the statement added, which noted that the attack lasted for hours.
The Zionist media confirmed several soldiers were killed in Al-Qassam attack on one of the occupation site in Khan Younis, adding that the target was capturing soldiers.
The Zionist media affirmed that the attack was organized and unprecedented, adding that around 14 fighters exited from a well under the site and opened fire.
Below we publish Al-Qassam’s statement
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Al-Qassam fighters stormed the position and targeted a number of Merkava 4 guard tanks with several Shuath explosive devices, guerilla explosive devices, and Al-Yassin 105 shells.
Al-Qassam fighters also targeted a number of houses where occupation soldiers were fortified, hitting them with 6 anti-fortification and anti-personnel shells and machine gun fire. A number of fighters stormed the houses and eliminated a number of occupation soldiers inside at point-blank range with light weapons and hand grenades.
Al-Qassam fighters also managed to snipe a Merkava 4 tank commander, inflicting a fatal injury. Our fighters shelled the surrounding positions of the operation site with several mortar shells to cut off reinforcements.
The operation site was also shelled with several mortar shells to secure the withdrawal of the fighters from the area. Immediately upon the arrival of the rescue force, one of the martyrdom-seekers detonated himself among the soldiers, causing casualties between killed and wounded. The attack continued for several hours, and our fighters observed helicopter landings for evacuation.