Three Palestinian armed groups conducted attacks on Israeli forces east of Jabalia in the north of the Gaza Strip on Monday where Israel is attempting to create a “buffer zone” along the Israel-Gaza separation fence, Al Jazeera reports citing monitoring groups.

According to a joint report from the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) and the Critical Threats Project (CTP), the Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) and the Palestinian Mujahideen group reported that their fighters had launched mortars and fired heavy machine guns at Israeli troops and armour operating in the area.

On Sunday, PIJ fighters also fired mortars at an Israeli military field headquarters located near the University of Palestine to the north of central Gaza, the US-based defence think tanks report.

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