![]() On Wednesday, efforts taken by the mediators Egypt, Qatar and the UN failed to reach a ceasefire agreement between Israel and the PIJ to end the latest escalation, which has so far killed 24 people dead and injured more than 70 others. The latest attacks came two days after Israeli drones and fighter jets carried out simultaneous airstrikes on several buildings in the Gaza Strip, killing three senior PIJ members. They described the commander as a central figure in the PIJ who had been “responsible for the recent rocket barrages launched against Israel”. Israel’s military also confirmed that it had targeted Ghali and what it called two “other PIJ operatives in Gaza”. Palestinian medics at Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis said that three Palestinians were brought dead to the hospital and 15 were injured following the strikes.Īl-Quds Brigades, the PIJ armed wing, confirmed the development, calling the Israeli airstrikes “a treacherous Zionist assassination operation”. The officials said that his brother Mahmoud Ghali and their nephew Mahmoud Mansour, who were also in the apartment, were killed in the drone attack. Palestinian security officials confirmed that Ali Hassan Ghali, the head of the PIJ’s missile unit, was killed after two Israeli suicide drones attacked his apartment in the Hamad Residential City, near Khan Younis, reports Xinhua news agency. Gaza: A fresh Israeli airstrike on an apartment in the Gaza Strip on Thursday killed a senior commander of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) militant group, according to sources. ![]()
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