Al-Qassam Brigades eliminate 15 Israeli soldiers at zero distance

The Al-Qassam Brigades announced that its fighters had eliminated an Israeli infantry force of 15 soldiers at point-blank range, while Yedioth Ahronoth newspaper said that the United States had frozen military shipments purchased by Tel Aviv.

The Al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas), said that it had eliminated an Israeli infantry force after targeting it with an anti-personnel RPG shell, then with light weapons and hand grenades, west of the Al-Shimaa area, north of Beit Lahia, in the northern Gaza Strip.

Al-Qassam also announced targeting two troop carriers with "Al-Yassin 105" and "Tandem" shells, and a military bulldozer with a "Thunder" explosive device near the Martyr Imad Aql Mosque in the middle of Jabalia camp in the northern Gaza Strip.

Al-Qassam said that it killed and wounded members of an Israeli infantry force after clashing with them in the Al-Baraka area, west of Beit Lahia.

In turn, the Al-Quds Brigades - the military wing of the Islamic Jihad Movement - said that it had bombed, in cooperation with the Al-Nasser Salah al-Din Brigades, an occupation forces command center east of Jabalia camp.

On the other hand, the Israeli newspaper Yedioth Ahronoth reported that the United States has frozen various shipments of military equipment purchased by Israel.

The newspaper pointed out that Washington has stopped a huge shipment of Caterpillar D-9 bulldozers used by the Israeli army.

The newspaper quoted security sources as saying that the Israeli Ministry of Defense had purchased about 130 bulldozers from Caterpillar factories, but the order was frozen due to increasing protests over their use by Israel to demolish homes in Gaza.

She added that the partial arms embargo imposed by the United States on Israel could lead to a real danger to Israeli soldiers, she said.

Source: Al Jazeera + Yedioth Ahronoth