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Official: Assassinations of Islamic Jihad top brass ‘also a message’ to Hamas, others
Emanuel (Mannie) Fabian is The Times of Israel's military correspondent
Masked Hamas members parade with a drone on the back of a truck through the streets of town of Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, May 27, 2021. (AP Photo/Yousef Masoud)
An Israeli official says the assassinations of top Palestinian Islamic Jihad members send “a message” to other terror groups such as Hamas, in apparent warning to the Gaza Strip’s rulers.
“The high-quality targeted killings that harm the PIJ’s chain of command are also a message to Hamas and other terror organizations that threaten to harm Israel,” the official says in a statement to diplomatic correspondents.
