58jlcom|Hamas releases video showing members preparing explosive devices

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GAZA, June 30 (Xinhua) -- Al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas), released a video on Sunday showing its members preparing explosive devices for use against Israeli military vehicles that penetrate Gaza Strip cities.

The 40-second video showed the group's members painting the devices and placing them in portable bags inside a covered area with black cloth inscribed with the phrases58jlcom: "He who seeks my demise is chasing a mirage" and "(Operation) Al-Aqsa Flood."

Al-Qassam also announced the use of the "Fedayeen Operations" device for the first time during the ongoing war with Israeli forces in Gaza since last October.

58jlcom|Hamas releases video showing members preparing explosive devices

This came as both Al-Qassam and the Al-Quds Brigades, the military wing of the Islamic Jihad movement, claimed on Sunday targeting Israeli vehicles and soldiers in the Shujaiya neighborhood in eastern Gaza City and the Tal al-Hawa neighborhood in the south of the city.

Al-Qassam said in a statement that its members "destroyed an Israeli Namer APC (armored personnel carrier) with a Yassin 105 rocket, killing and injuring its crew" south of Tal al-Hawa.

In a separate statement, the brigades mentioned that its members also targeted "a Shezaret APC and a D9 military bulldozer" in Tal al-Hawa.

In addition, it stated in another press release that its members "targeted the gathering of Israeli forces in Shujaiya with mortar shells."

In turn, the Al-Quds Brigades announced in a statement that its members are "engaged in fierce clashes" with Israeli soldiers using machine guns and anti-personnel weapons east of Shujaiya.

The brigades mentioned in a separate statement that its members "bombarded Israeli army gatherings" in the Shujaiya neighborhood "with a barrage of mortar shells."

Israel has been conducting a large-scale offensive against Hamas in Gaza to retaliate against a Hamas rampage through the southern Israeli border on Oct. 7, 2023, during which about 1,200 people were killed and more than 200 were taken hostage.