A spokesman for Hamas' armed wing said on Sunday its fighters had captured Israeli soldiers during fighting in Jabalia in northern Gaza on Saturday, though the Israeli military denied the claim.

Hamas has fired a barrage of rockets from Gaza that set off air raid sirens as far away as Tel Aviv for the first time in months. The show of resilience came more than seven months into

Al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of Hamas, said on Saturday its fighters bombed two armored vehicles and killed and injured a number of Israeli soldiers in Jabalia refugee camp, north of the Gaza Strip.