![]() Islamic Jihad said Ghali was a commander in charge of its rocket squad and a member of its armed group's decision-making body. I did not see anything because of the dust, broken glasses and debris," said Abdullah Hemaid, who lives across from the targeted building. The strike created panic among residents, with falling debris and shattered glass littering the streets. The complex, known as Hamad City, consists of several tall buildings and thousands of housing units. The strikes targeted the top floor of a building in a residential, Qatari-built complex in southern Gaza Strip. The pre-dawn airstrike in the city of Khan Younis caused damage to three surrounding buildings. "I hope this leads to a reduction, a blow and a disruption of the Islamic Jihad rocket abilities." "The apartment was targeted in a very precise way," Hagari said. Daniel Hagari told Israeli Army Radio that two other militants were also killed in the strike, although no group immediately claimed them as members.Ī man walks past a home Thursday that was damaged when a rocket, fired from Gaza, hit it in Ashkelon, Israel. The Health Ministry in Gaza said a total of 30 people have been killed since the fighting erupted. A tally by The Associated Press showed that among the dead were 14 militants, including at least five Islamic Jihad commanders 10 civilians and six others - including four Israel says were killed in failed rocket launches - whose affiliation remained uncertain. Islamic Jihad confirmed the man, Ahmed Abu Daqqa, was one of its commanders. Later in the day, Israel said it killed another Islamic Jihad commander who was meant to replace Ghali in southern Gaza. It said four others were moderately wounded.Įarlier Thursday, the Israeli military carried out strikes against the Islamic Jihad militant group and said a senior commander in charge of the group's rocket launching force, Ali Ghali, was killed when his apartment was hit. One rocket struck an apartment block in the central Israeli city of Rehovot, killing a 70-year-old man, the MADA rescue service said. ![]() Palestinian militants launched unrelenting rocket barrages into Israel throughout the day. The conflagration, now in its third day, comes at a time of soaring tensions and spiking violence over the past year in the occupied West Bank. It has been the worst bout of fighting between Israel and Palestinian militants in Gaza in months, with at least 10 civilians - mostly women and children - among the dead. The continuing bloodshed, which has left 30 Palestinians dead, came despite Egyptian efforts to broker a ceasefire. ![]() Israeli airstrikes in the Gaza Strip killed two militant commanders on Thursday, while a 70-year-old man was killed by Palestinian rocket fire in the first fatality inside Israel amid the current wave of fighting.
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