Live UpdateFrom the Liveblog of Friday, August 5, 2022
Palestinian Islamic Jihad confirms death of senior commander
Emanuel (Mannie) Fabian is The Times of Israel's military correspondent.

Tayseer Jabari, the commander of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad in northern Gaza, in an undated photo. Jabari was targeted and killed in an Israeli airstrike on August 5, 2022. (Social media)
Palestinian Islamic Jihad confirms the death of senior commander Tayseer Jabari in an Israeli airstrike in northern Gaza.
Jabari replaced Baha Abu al-Ata as commander of Islamic Jihad in northern Gaza, after his assassination by Israel in 2019.