GAZA: Israeli military vehicles backed by Apache helicopters invaded the northern Gaza Strip early Monday, said witnesses and local sources.
Military vehicles rolled into Al-Ghoul area under intense heavy gunfire, said witnesses. Medical sources said no one was wounded in the attack. Israeli military sources would not confirm the invasion or the shelling.
Earlier on Sunday, fighters from Abu Ali Mustafa Brigades, the military wing of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, and the National Brigades, the military wing of the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine, said they traded fire with Israeli troops in the northern part of the Gaza Strip.
An Israeli military spokesman confirmed that a military vehicle came under fire near the Nahal Oz crossing point.
This Israeli incursion comes just one week before the first anniversary of the massive Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip that began on Dec. 27, 2008, and lasted for three full weeks and in which over 1,400 Palestinians were killed.
Meanwhile, Hamas urged its supporters on Monday to protest in Rafah city against Egypt for building an underground metal wall along the border with Gaza.
In a press release, Hamas called its supporters to gather near the Salah Al-Deen Gate on the Egyptian border to protest against what it described as prejudice and a blockade against the Gaza Strip.
The Palestinians have established a network of tunnels to smuggle goods, food supplies, and humanitarian aid from Egypt into Gaza because of an Israeli blockade.
