The armed wing of Hamas, the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades, announced that one of its members detonated himself among Israeli soldiers while wearing the uniform of an Israeli sniper he had killed in the Jabalia refugee camp in the northern Gaza Strip. In a written statement made via the Qassam Brigades' Telegram account, it was noted that one of the Qassam members managed to kill an Israeli sniper and his assistant at point-blank range during a security operation in the Jabalia refugee camp in the northern Gaza Strip in the afternoon. LIVE BOMB ATTACKThe statement mentioned that an hour after the incident, the same Qassam Brigades member disguised himself as an Israeli soldier, managed to reach a force consisting of 6 soldiers from the Israeli army, infiltrated among them, and detonated the explosive belt he was wearing, causing their deaths and injuries. ISRAEL MAINTAINS SILENCEWhile the Qassam Brigades' statement did not provide information on how many Israeli soldiers were killed or injured in the incident, no statement has been made by Israel regarding the matter.
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