Israeli occupation forces raid Beit Hanoun in the northern Gaza Strip

Date: 01 / 01 / 2008 Time: 11:10

Gaza – Ma'an –

Israeli occupation forces on Tuesday morning penetrated in Beit Hanoon in the northern Gaza Strip using tanks and helicopters, eyewitnesses told Ma'an's reporter.

According to the eyewitnesses, the invading Israeli forces closed Salahuddin street and entered the area near the building of Beit Hanoon municipality and Al-Wadi Al-Gharbi (the western valley) street firing from machine guns towards Palestinian houses.

They added that every now and then they heard terrible explosions, and that bulldozers were damaging agricultural fields in the area.

For its part, the military wing of the Islamic Jihad, Al-Quds Brigades claimed responsibility for firing a Rocket-Propelled grenade RPG at an Israeli bulldozer in Beit Hanoon.

They said in a statement that the shell hit the bulldozer directly.

Separately, Abu Ali Mustafa Brigades, the armed group affiliated to the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine PFLP said their combatants damaged an Israeli bulldozer using an explosive device at the entrance to Beit Hanoon.

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