Two other senior jihadists were also killed, including Mansour’s deputy. Islamic Jihad confirmed Mansour’s death.
“In the past few days, Mansour has been working on preparing an attack on Israel with an anti-tank missile and missiles,” the army statement said. He is also responsible for terrorist attacks in the past.
Islamic Jihad confirmed that an Israeli airstrike killed one of its top commanders in the Gaza Strip. “The Al-Quds Forces mourn the loss of leader Khaled Mansour, member of the Security Council and commander of the southern region,” the organization said. Mansour died in an Israeli airstrike on Saturday. The Al-Quds Brigades are the armed part of the radical Islamic organization.
heaviest disputes
Since Friday, the region has seen the most serious clashes in over a year. The Israeli Air Force carried out numerous strikes on targets in the Gaza Strip, from where Islamic Jihad fired hundreds of rockets into Israeli territory. The attacks follow an Israeli anti-Islamic Jihad special operation in Gaza on Friday that killed Tayseer al-Jaabari, a top commander, according to Israeli sources.
At least 24 Palestinians were killed, including six children, according to the Palestinian Health Ministry on Saturday. 203 people were injured on Friday and Saturday. According to information from the rescue service, there were no reports of seriously injured people in Israel. According to the Israeli military, more than 400 rockets were fired from the Gaza Strip and most were intercepted.
The Palestinian leadership said Egypt, the United Nations and Qatar had begun mediation efforts to end the violence. According to Egyptian security circles, an Egyptian delegation arrived in Israel on Saturday and was due to travel to Gaza for mediation talks. According to Egyptian sources, much may depend on whether Hamas, which controls the Gaza Strip, joins the violent actions of the smaller Islamic Jihad.
The Israeli airstrikes in the Gaza Strip are also to concern the UN Security Council in New York on Monday. The meeting will take place behind closed doors. A time has not yet been set.
Rocket alert also in Jerusalem
For the first time since the start of the Israeli military operation in the Gaza Strip, there was also a missile alert in Jerusalem on Sunday. According to military reports, warning sirens wailed around the city in the morning. Residents reported explosions.
It had been feared that the situation could deteriorate on Sunday – the Jewish day of fasting and mourning Tisha B’Av. Religious Jews mourn the destruction of the two ancient temples in Jerusalem on the day.
In the evening, the ruling Islamist Hamas organization in the Gaza Strip called for the Al-Aqsa Mosque on the Temple Mount to be “defended and opposed to the Israeli attacks on the holy site”. The Temple Mount with the Dome of the Rock and the Al-Aqsa Mosque is the third holiest site in Islam.
So far, Hamas has held back in the recent conflict with Israel. Israeli airstrikes were primarily aimed at the second largest Palestinian organization in the Gaza Strip, Islamic Jihad.
Military action dawn
The Israeli military launched the large-scale “Dawn” military action against Islamic Jihad on Friday. The group, which is closely linked to Israel’s arch-enemy Iran, has been classified as a terrorist organization by the EU and the US.
Source: Nachrichten
