Israeli forces carried out an incursion into the northern outskirts of Beit Hanoun on Wednesday near the borders with Israel. Eyewitnesses said a number of Israeli tanks and bulldozers backed up by Israeli Apache helicopters entered the area this morning and destroyed weapons caches agricultural lands. | "We seen it wit' our own eyes!" |
Israel last night increased the number of its forces near the northern and eastern borders of Gaza, according to eyewitnesses.
Meanwhile, Izzidine Al-Qassam brigades, the military wing of the Hamas movement, said it will retaliate to the Israeli forces which are currently infiltrating the northern parts of Beit Hanoun. The brigades said fighters fired a number of mortar shells and rocket-propelled grenades (RPG) at the Israeli forces. The brigades shot dead an Israeli soldier during confrontations between the two sides in Beit Hanoun this morning, the statement also added. |