(KUNA) -- Israeli forces arrested Wednesday 11 Palestinians in the industrial area of Erez, west of the town of Bait Hanoun, during an extensive search operation executed earlier this morning, witnesses said. The witnesses told Kuwait News Agency (KUNA) that these operations were coupled with a curfew on residents of the area, adding that Israeli forces had stationed themselves on the rooftops of several houses in the area of Qubtaniya in the town.Moreover, they said that Israeli forces had executed an incursion of one kilometer under heavy fire at the outskirts of eastern Bait Hanoun. "Bulldozers have begun constructing two military bases near the town and have destroyed large areas of agricultural land," they added.
Meanwhile, Al-Quds Brigades, the military wing of the Islamic Jihad Movement, claimed responsibility for launching an advanced Quds mid-range missile at the Israeli city of Ashkelon. The brigades threatened in a statement that it would target all Israelis, adding that it would continue to fire at Israeli settlements as long as violence in the West Bank and Gaza continued