Thus, in the increase of operations in the Gaza Strip, heavy fighting has continued between the Palestinian fighters and the Israeli defense forces in Shujayea, or the northern part of the Gaza City. The confrontations occurred a day after tanks and troops moved into the region and caused the residents to flee in sheer panic.
In a statement from al-Quds Brigades, the armed wing of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad, the said group declared that it set a booby-trapped residential building at Shujayea, which led to the killing of four Israeli soldiers and wounding five others. The Qassam Brigades, which affiliated with Hamas, also said its fighters had attacked “armed incursions” against the Israeli forces.
The severe fighting comes after Israel’s airstrike and artillery bombing waves, in addition to the entry of armored vehicles to the war-torn northern Gaza territory. This fresh attack is after Israel pulled out in January this year, saying everything associated with Hamas had been subdued in the region.
Violence continues, and those fleeing it since Thursday number at least 60,000 in Gaza City, the UN says. It has further confirmed that its forces have killed one soldier and injured nine others in matters relating to confrontations all over Gaza.
The increase in bloodshed takes place as Netanyahu applied comments of the Israeli PM to the effect of the fact that the ‘‘period of heat’’ may be over. However, the following demonstration of the ongoing military operations in the northern Gaza Strip shares a different picture.
