Tel Aviv, Aug 7 : Israel’s army announced on Sunday it had targeted a different military chief belonging to the militant group Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) in the Gaza Strip.The Islamic Jihad’s Southern commander, Khaled Mansour Khaled Mansour, the southern commander of Islamic Jihad, was killed in an air strike in Rafah, the capital city of Rafah DPA news agency reported the military announcement as saying.
Two more senior PIJ members were killed and Mansour’s deputy was also killed Mansour’s deputy, according to the report.
“In the last few days Mansour was working to carry out an anti-tank missile attack and rocket attack on Israel and was also responsible for the preparation of an attack of terror in Israel near the border with Gaza that was stopped by the IDF,” the statement from the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) stated.
It was said he was also the one responsible for terror attacks in the past.
The Israeli military had launched a large-scale operation “Breaking Dawn” against the PIJ on Friday.
The commander in chief Taisir al-Jabari as well as others PIJ members were killed.
The group is closely connected with Israel’s arch-enemy Iran is classified as a terrorist group by the EU as well as the US.
In the evening of Saturday, the military struck various areas in the Gaza Strip.
Israeli border towns along the border of Gaza Strip Gaza Strip were again on alert for rockets on Sunday morning.
According to the Palestinian Ministry of Health, 29 people have died since Friday, and at the very least 253 people have been injured.
In the deceased are seven children as well as Four women, in addition to other PIJ members.
Israel accuses PIJ for the death of five kids and one adult in the Jabalia refugee camp.
According to the military that they were killed by a jihadi misguided rocket.
