Al-Qassam Brigades says to have killed, injured several Israel soldiers in southern Gaza attack

The group added that its fighters had seen helicopters landing to evacuate the wounded and the dead.
Earlier, the Brigades noted that its fighters were engaged in intense clashes with Israeli forces advancing in Rafah’s eastern part.
There was no immediate comment from the Israeli army on Al-Qassam’s statement.
Israel initiated a military offensive in Rafah on 6 May, taking control of the Rafah Crossing, despite international warnings about the potential humanitarian catastrophe this would cause.
The ongoing military offensive has displaced hundreds of thousands of Palestinians from Rafah, a city that previously had a population of around 1.5 million, including approximately 1.4 million internally displaced individuals.
Israel has continued a brutal offensive on Gaza following a cross-border attack by the Palestinian group, Hamas, on 7 October last year, despite a UN Security Council resolution calling for an immediate ceasefire.
Nearly 41,300 people, mostly women and children, have since been killed and more than 95,500 injured, according to local health authorities.
The Israeli onslaught has displaced almost the entire population of the Territory amid an ongoing blockade that has led to severe shortages of food, clean water and medicine.
Israel faces accusations of genocide at the International Court of Justice for its actions in Gaza.