By KUNA
Gaza : Izzidine Al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of the Hamas movement on Thursday claimed its responsibility for launching several armed attacks against several Israeli positions south of the Gaza Strip.
The Brigades said in a statement that one of its groups launched today 23 mortar shells towards a gathering of Israeli occupation forces’ heavy vehicles stationed near Karam Abu Salem crossing east of Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip.
According to the statement, the Brigade fired five mortar shells targeting other gatherings of Israeli military vehicles east of Al-Qararah south of the sector.
A second statement confirmed that the Brigades’ fighters clashed today with Israeli military boats that sailed on the coast of Rafah in southern Gaza Strip.