Gaza – Ma'an – The military wing of the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine (DFLP), the National Resistance Brigades, claimed on Sunday evening that a group of their fighters exchanged fire with Israeli forces.

In a statement on Monday morning, the group said a special Israeli unit made an incursion across the border into Beit Hanoun, and retreated under heavy fire.

Israel's army denied that the reported incursion took place.

Ma'an could not independently confirm the report.