Qassam Brigades say they attacked Israeli tank and soldiers in Gaza City

Hamas's armed wing, the Qassam Brigades, said on Thursday that it hit an Israeli Merkava tank with a Yassin 105 shell in Gaza City, Al Jazeera reported. 

The attack happened in the neighborhood of Zeitoun, which Israel has been carpet bombing for the last few days. 

It also claimed to have injured and killed Israeli soldiers in separate attacks in the city.