On Saturday, the Al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of Hamas, announced that they "killed 14 Israeli soldiers and injured others in the areas of Al-Zanna and Al-Amal neighborhood in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip." The brigades stated that they "killed 9 Israeli soldiers in the Al-Zanna area east of Khan Younis and 5 others in the Al-Amal neighborhood west of the city." They added that they "injured a number of other soldiers in the Al-Zanna area." The brigades also highlighted that they "targeted 4 Merkava tanks in Al-Zanna and an armored personnel carrier in the Al-Amal neighborhood in Khan Younis, causing casualties among their personnel."