GAZA, (PIC)-- Al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of Hamas, stated during a press conference on Monday that it managed to carry out dozens of painful strikes against the IOF troops during 22 days of the Israeli aggression on Gaza, asserting that its fighters were able to kill 49 Israeli soldiers.

Abu Obeida, the spokesman for Al-Qassam Brigades, told the press conference which was held in Gaza city that the Brigades accurately monitored the operations of killing 49 Israeli soldiers in a direct way, not to mention dozens of Israeli casualties whose death was not eyewitnessed by Al-Qassam fighters during many resistance attacks such as the soldiers killed during the operations of detonating tanks and armored troop carriers.

Accordingly, Al-Qassam Brigades conservatively estimated the death toll in the ranks of IOF troops as up to 80 soldiers, Abu Obeida added.

The spokesman also noted that the Brigades fired during the aggression 980 rockets and shells including 213 Grad missiles on the invading IOF troops and different Israeli settlements.

Al-Qassam fighters also destroyed completely or partially about 47 tanks and bulldozers, hit four helicopters and shot down one drone, the spokesman said. 

Abu Obeida also revealed that the Brigades managed to take several IOF troops as captives, but they were always targeted deliberately along with Al-Qassam captors by Israeli warplanes.