Gaza: Fighters from Al-Quds Brigades and Al-Qassam Brigades carried out a joint operation that resulted in the elimination of an Israeli military force that had penetrated the European area, southeast of Khan Yunis, according to Al-Quds Brigades’ military media.

According to National Iraqi News Agency, Al-Quds Brigades’ military media, the military wing of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad, stated in a Friday release: “In a joint operation, fighters from Al-Quds Brigades and Al-Qassam Brigades were able to eliminate a Zionist force that had penetrated the European area, southeast of Khan Yunis, by targeting it with an anti-personnel missile and engaging it directly at point-blank range.”

In a separate statement released on Friday, Al-Quds Brigades’ military media detailed further: “After returning from the fighting lines southeast of Khan Yunis (southern Gaza Strip), fighters from Al-Quds Brigades confirmed that they were able to target a special Zionist force of 10 soldiers who had taken refuge inside one of the European housing buildings with a TBG missile, killing and wounding them, necessitating the landing of several helicopters at the site. This occurred at 4:00 PM yesterday, Thursday.”

The Israeli army announced that a soldier was seriously wounded on Thursday in battles in the southern Gaza Strip. An Israeli army spokesperson reported that the soldier, part of the 74th Battalion of the “Barak” Formation (188), was seriously wounded in a battle in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip.