(KUNA) -- The Abu-Ali Mustafa Brigades, the military arm of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), claimed responsibility on Sunday for firing at an Israeli Armored Personnel Carrier in central Gaza strip. A brigade's statement, which KUNA received a copy of, said the soldier was hit and the militants were unharmed. The statement affirmed the operation was a retaliation act against the Israeli military operations and to commemorate martyrs and people of Al-Shajaiyeh neighborhood eastern Gaza, who are still facing Israeli military aggression. The statement concluded by stressing that resistance was a strategic option as part of the legitimate national struggle for liberation. The statement promised to keep resisting until the Palestine territories were liberated.Meanwhile, al-Quds Brigades, the armed wing of the Islamic Jihad Movement, claimed responsibility today for attacking a group of Israeli soldiers in Rafah's international airport southern Gaza strip. The soldiers were attacked whilst on board of a tank hitting at least two of them, a brigade's statement said. The statement added that this operation came as a "natural response" on the Israeli aggressions against Palestinians.