Palestinian officials say three senior Islamic Jihad commanders and at least nine civilians have been killed in Israeli air strikes on Gaza.
abc.net.au/news/israeli-strikes-in-gaza-kill-12/102323858Israeli air strikes on Gaza killed three senior Islamic Jihad commanders and at least nine civilians, including four children, on Tuesday, Palestinian officials say, in an operation that drew an immediate threat of retaliation from the militant group.
Last week brought a bout of cross-border fire after the death in Israeli detention of an Islamic Jihad hunger striker. People gather near a damaged house where senior Palestinian Islamic Jihad commander Jihad Ghannam and his wife Wafa were killed in an Israeli strike, in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip.Such participation would make Hamas leaders a target for assassination, Israeli security cabinet minister Israel Katz told Tel Aviv radio.
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