[Ma'an] The military wing of the Popular Resistance Committees (PRC) said a group of their fighters clashed with a unit of Israeli infantry soldiers who crossed the borders into the northern Gaza Strip on Monday.
Fighters with the An-Nasser Salah Ad-Din Brigades reportedly exchanged machine gun and light weapon fire with the Israeli unit for 25 minutes in the early morning, in a region west of Beit Lahiya known as the Zinda or A'tarta neighborhood. The area is deep into the northern Gaza Strip, south of the almost 1km no-go-zone in the northwestern corner of Gaza.
In a statement, the group said it would continue to fight Israeli soldiers who enter Gaza, in an effort to protect the lands of the Strip.
An Israeli military spokesman said he was unaware of any clashes in the area in the morning. A similar report of clashes on Sunday was also denied by the military. |