Since the morning hours, the Al-Qassam Brigades have carried out several targeted operations against the Israeli forces that have advanced into the northwest area of Beit Lahiya and behind enemy lines in the occupied areas surrounding the Gaza Strip. The brigades announced that their fighters destroyed several Israeli military vehicles west of the "Erez" site and killed soldiers inside them. Media sources reported that an Israeli army unit fell into an ambush west of the "Erez Military site" and was subjected to volleys of anti-tank missiles and heavy gunfire, resulting in the destruction of vehicles and the deaths of soldiers. Israeli media mentioned that heavy mortar fire struck the sites coinciding with a "security incident," as described, but did not disclose further details at this time.