Gaza Together - The Izz al-Din al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of the Hamas movement, said on Saturday: 'We killed 9 Zionist soldiers in the Al-Zinna area, east of the city of Khan Yunis, and 5 others in the Al-Amal neighborhood, west of the city.'

Al-Qassam added, "We targeted 4 Merkava tanks in Al-Zinna, and a troop carrier in the Al-Amal neighborhood in Khan Yunis, and killed and wounded their members."

The Al-Qassam Brigades had reported that its fighters had again targeted the rescue forces and soldiers who fled from the site of the Zana operation and barricaded themselves in one of the surrounding houses.

For his part, Al Jazeera's correspondent reported that 3 Israeli army helicopters had landed to transport wounded occupation soldiers east of Khan Yunis.

Source: Maan News Agency