IDF targets 3 Islamic Jihad operatives

The IDF says it hit Islamic Jihad operatives Mahmoud Walud, Hazm Balusha, and A’lla Abd Al-Nabi.

Channel 2 reports the three are assassinated in an airstrike.

According to the army, Al-Nabi is “a senior PIJ terrorist who was responsible for launching rockets capable of reaching Tel Aviv.”

A short while ago, the IDF targeted 3 Palestinian Islamic Jihad terrorists in Gaza: Mahmoud Walud, Hazm Balusha & Alla'a Abd Al-Nabi. (1/2)

— Israel Defense Forces (@IDF) July 10, 2014

Al-Nabi was a senior PIJ terrorist who was responsible for launching rockets capable of reaching Tel Aviv. (2/2)

— Israel Defense Forces (@IDF) July 10, 2014

The army says that 96 rockets are fired at Israel today, and 442 since the launch of Operation Protective Edge.