By Micheal Chukwuebuka, Reporting
IN the early hours of Monday, according to statements from Hamas officials as well as reports from Palestinian Journalists, Israeli military tanks reached the main highway of the Gaza Strip, pushing deep into the eastern part of the territory.
In a statement, the Hamas government media office said that a few Israeli tanks targeted civilian cars on the outskirts of Gaza City during an incursion along Salah al-Din Road, which connects the north to the south.
Stonix News learnt that Israeli troops then used a bulldozer to cut the street before Hamas militants forced them to retreat.
“There is currently no presence of occupation army vehicles on Salah al-Din Road, and citizen movement has returned to normal on it,” the office said.
A member of Hamas’ political bureau, Izzat Al-Rishq, in a statement about the alleged incident on Salah al-Din Road, said an Israeli tank had positioned itself for 15 minutes on the highway and bombed a civilian car that was returning from the south of the Gaza Strip to its north.
“The car, crowded with a civilian family, tried to return, but the tank bombarded it with a shell.
“The Al-Qassam and Resistance Brigades engaged in violent clashes with the tanks, which penetrated all the way to Salah al-Din Road and his at least one tank directly.
“The tanks turned back and they realized that the area in front of them was a minefield,” Al-Rishq said in a statement.
When asked about the situation, Israel Defense Forces spokesperson Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari during a press briefing on Monday morning made no comment on the location and movement of troops in Gaza.
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