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IDF: Commander of Islamic Jihad’s naval forces in Gaza City region killed in drone strike
Emanuel (Mannie) Fabian is The Times of Israel's military correspondent
The commander of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad’s naval forces in the Gaza City region, Anas Murad, was killed in a recent drone strike, the IDF says.
In a separate drone strike, the IDF says it killed Ahmed al-Masri, an Islamic Jihad member who participated in the October 7 onslaught.
The IDF says Al-Masri was also responsible for the firing of a large number of rockets from Gaza City’s Shejaiya neighborhood at communities in southern Israel.