Three Israeli tanks accompanied by two bulldozers on Thursday rolled into eastern Al-Maghazi refugee camp in the central of the Gaza Strip, witnesses said.
They said that the tanks and bulldozers rolled 300 meters into the area and started to raze farmlands surrounding Al-Maghazi. No one was injured during the incursion.
Separately, Al-Nasser brigades the military wing of the Popular Resistance Committee, said in a statement that their fighters clashed with Israeli forces in northern Gaza Strip for three hours on Thursday.
In the statement, the brigades said the Israeli troops were "sneaking into Al-Ghoul area northwest of Beit Lahiya" and were surprised by an attack from Al-Nasser fighters. An exchange of fire took place from 5 a.m. to 8 a.m., and the troops pulled out. There were no injures reported.
An Israeli military spokeswoman said that three armed gunmen opened fire on an Israeli patrol operating near the security fence in the northern Gaza Strip. She added that a warship and the soldiers on the ground opened fire toward the armed Palestinian men.
