The operation, which injured at least 15 people, comes in response to possible reprisals by Islamic Jihad after the arrest of one of its leaders earlier this week.
The Israeli military on Friday announced the start of a bombing raid on targets of the terrorist organization Islamic Jihad in the Gaza Strip after several days on the alert for possible retaliation by the organization after the arrest in the West Bank of a senior official of the group. . Medical sources at the scene quoted by the Reuters agency have reported that at least 15 people were said to have been injured.
The opening minutes of the so-called “Operation Dawn” have begun with the announcement of the death of a commander of Islamic Jihad forces in northern Gaza, identified as Tayseer al Jabari, sources in the “Jerusalem Post” newspaper report.
Al Jabari succeeded Baha Abu al Ata, who was killed in an Israeli airstrike in November 2019. The operation sparked two days of clashes between the Israeli military and Islamic Jihad, in which at least 34 members of the terrorist group were killed and 111 injured.
Friday’s bombings lead directly to a raid by Israeli forces on Monday at a refugee camp in Jenin, which killed a Palestinian teenager and arrested Basam Saadi, a high-ranking member of Islamic Jihad, and his son. . Mother-in-law Ashraf al Jada. The organization promised retaliation after the operation.
“Following direct threats from Palestinian Islamic Jihad in Gaza, the IDF (Israeli Army) is now attacking the Gaza Strip,” the military announced in a statement on its Twitter account.
In the same statement, the Israeli military declares a so-called “special situation” on the domestic combat front, without giving further details.
The official Palestinian news agency WAFA has confirmed the start of the attacks, which include the Palestine Tower building in the Gaza neighborhood of Rimal.
Source: La Verdad
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