Hamas confronts Israeli troops with 'full force' amid fierce battles in Gaza
Hamas and Israeli troops are engaged in a fierce battle in the Gaza Strip as Tel Aviv expands its ground offensive and cuts communications to the besieged area. | The al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of Hamas, said in a statement that it was fighting Israeli forces in two areas inside the Gaza Strip early on Saturday as the Israeli war against the Palestinians in Gaza entered its 22nd day. 💬 "We are confronting an Israeli ground incursion in Beit Hanoun (in the northern Gaza Strip) and east Bureij (in the center) and violent engagements are taking place on the ground," the statement said. The Israeli military claimed that its fighter jets had struck 150 "underground targets" in northern Gaza and killed “several” Hamas fighters during intense overnight raids. The Israeli military said the targeted sites included "tunnels, underground combat spaces and additional underground infrastructure.” ● A spokesman for the Gaza Civil Defense said Israeli airstrikes destroyed hundreds of buildings overnight. "Hundreds of buildings and houses were completely destroyed and thousands of other homes were damaged," Mahmud Bassal told AFP, adding that the intense bombardments had "changed the landscape" of northern Gaza.
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