The armed wing of Hamas says its fighters “engaged in fierce clashes” with troops that have penetrated the south of Zeitoun neighbourhood, killing and wounding some of them, Al Jazeera reports.
In a statement on Telegram, the Qassam Brigades added that an aircraft arrived at the scene to evacuate the soldiers.
In Rafah in southern Gaza, fighters targeted soldiers inside the Kamal Adwan School in the Tal as-Sultan neighbourhood with a TBG (thermobaric) rocket, killing one and injuring another, according to the armed group.
They also struck an Israeli Merkava tank in the same neighbourhood with an al-Yassin 105 rocket, the brigades added.