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From the Liveblog of
Tuesday, September 17, 2024
From the Liveblog of
Tuesday, September 17, 2024
IDF says it killed Islamic Jihad rocket unit commander in Gaza strike
Emanuel (Mannie) Fabian is The Times of Israel's military correspondent
A commander of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad rocket unit was killed in an Israeli drone strike yesterday in the southern Gaza Strip, the IDF says.
Ahmed Ayesh Salama al-Hashash, who commanded Islamic Jihad’s rocket array in Rafah, was killed in the strike in the Israeli-designated humanitarian zone in the Khan Younis area.
Al-Hashash was “a significant source of knowledge” in Islamic Jihad’s rocket array, and amid the war was responsible for directing attacks on Israel from the humanitarian zone, the IDF says.
The military says it took steps to mitigate civilian harm in the strike, and accuses terror groups in Gaza of “systematically” using civilian sites for terror.
