Hamas says it ‘foiled ground incursion’ in north and central Gaza, says report

Hamas’s armed wing said that they had “foiled an Israeli ground incursion into Beit Hanoun and the east of Bureij”, according to Al Jazeera on Friday.

The al-Qassam Brigades added that violent clashes with Israeli forces were ongoing.

Beit Hanoun is a city in the northeastern part of the enclave, while the Bureij refugee camp is in the central Gaza Strip.

“Cutting off communications from the Gaza Strip is an attempt to cover up the crimes of the occupation without any oversight or accountability,” said Osama Hamdan, a senior Hamas official, who added that Israel was trying to “create an image of victory”.