Al-Qassam announces the capture of Israeli soldiers

Gaza - Together - The spokesman for the Martyr Izz al-Din al-Qassam Brigades, 'Abu Ubaida,' announced the capture of Israeli soldiers in a complex operation carried out by the brigades' fighters in one of the tunnels in the Jabalia camp. Abu Ubaida said in a recorded speech broadcast on Al Jazeera after midnight tonight: 'Our mujahideen carried out a complex operation on Saturday afternoon in the northern Gaza Strip, where they lured an Israeli force into one of the tunnels.' He pointed out that Al-Qassam fighters lured an Israeli force into a tunnel inside the Jabalia camp, and were able to engage the force from zero distance and attack the support force and hit it directly. The Mujahideen withdrew from the tunnel after they left all the force members dead, wounded, and captured. He confirmed that Al-Qassam fighters seized all the force's equipment. In turn, the Israeli army issued a brief statement immediately after the end of Abu Ubaida's special speech, stating that 'the army clarifies that there is n o incident of kidnapping a soldier.' Source: Maan News Agency