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Thursday, July 18, 2024
Lebanese media reports senior al-Jama’a al-Islamiyya commander killed in strike
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleEmanuel (Mannie) Fabian is The Times of Israel's military correspondent
Lebanese media reports that the man killed in a strike in the Western Beqaa District this morning was a senior commander in al-Jama’a al-Islamiyya, or Islamic Group.
He is named as Muhammed Jabara.
Al-Jama’a al-Islamiyya, like Hamas, is a Sunni faction that forms part of the broader Muslim Brotherhood political network. The armed wing of the group, the al-Fajr Forces, has repeatedly targeted Israel from Lebanon in the current war, often working in conjunction with the Shiite Hezbollah.
لحظة استهداف السيّارة على طريق عام بلدة غزة في البقاع الغربي pic.twitter.com/bRq6RFX1wN
— bintjbeil.org (@bintjbeilnews) July 18, 2024
תקיפה ישראלית הבוקר לעבר רכב במרכז בקעת הלבנון. ההרוג – מוחמד ג'בארה, איש ארגון אל-ג'מאעה אל-אסלאמיה האסלאמיסטי שלוקח חלק בלחימה נגד ישראל pic.twitter.com/X5VRVLTdEw
— roi kais • روعي كايس • רועי קייס (@kaisos1987) July 18, 2024
The strike against Jabara took place in the village of Ghazzeh, around 40 kilometers (24 miles) from the Israeli border.
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