Al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas), announced today that they had targeted 14 “Israeli” soldiers in a well-planned ambush in the Shuja'iyya neighborhood, east of Gaza City.

The statement added that the 14 soldiers who had taken shelter in a house were targeted with a Thermobaric Rocket (TBG), resulting in casualties among the soldiers in Shuja'iyya.

Additionally, Al-Qassam and the Islamic Jihad Movement’s (PIJ) Al-Quds Brigades reportedly killed two “Israeli” soldiers at point-blank range in the same neighborhood.

A "Merkava 4" tank was targeted with a "Yassin-105" rocket in Shuja'iyya, in addition to an “Israeli” Armored Personnel Carrier (APC) “Namer” also in Shuja'iyya neighborhood, east of Gaza City.