Israeli forces stage limited incursion into eastern Gaza

Israeli forces staged on Monday a limited incursion into eastern the Gaza Strip, according to local sources.

Five Israeli military bulldozers stationed near the border pushed 50 meters into farmland in Gaza's eastern Al Shugaeya town and combed the lands near the border fence.

The bulldozers scooped a large tract of farmland before turning back, they added.

Saturday's incursion comes despite an August 26 cease-fire between Israel and Palestinian factions.

The Egypt-brokered, open-ended cease-fire ended a seven-week Israeli military onslaught on the Gaza Strip.

The Israeli offensive, which began on July 7, left 2,160 Palestinians – the vast majority of them civilians – dead and more than 11,000 injured.