A senior commander in the Palestinian Islamic Jihad terror group was killed in a drone strike earlier this month in the Gaza Strip, the IDF and Shin Bet say.
The target of the strike, Anas Muhammad Saadi Masri, served as the commander of the northern Gaza sector in Islamic Jihad’s rocket division, according to the military.
Masri was considered by the military to be a prominent commander in Islamic Jihad, responsible for numerous attacks on Israel and IDF troops.
On the October 7, 2023, onslaught and during the war, Masri was responsible for Islamic Jihad’s rocket fire from the northern Gaza Strip at Israeli border communities and for commanding the operatives who carried out the attacks, the army says.
The IDF says it took steps to mitigate civilian harm in the strike at the beginning of December.
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