An IDF statement said: “In a joint operation by the army and the General Security Service (Shin Bet), Ahmed Abu Daqqa, deputy commander of the Islamic Jihad missile unit, who played a central role in firing rockets into Israel, has been eliminated.”
As Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant said on Twitter: “In a joint operation by the Israeli army and the General Security Service, we eliminated Ahmed Abu Daqqa, who was responsible for the recent missile attacks on the State of Israel, a short time ago.”
The Jihad movement said an Israeli airstrike in the southern Gaza Strip on Thursday claimed the life of Abu Daqqa, a leader of the movement.
The Palestinian Health Ministry also said 4 people were injured in the strike near Khan Yunis.
On Thursday, Israel carried out airstrikes on the Gaza Strip, from which a new batch of missiles were launched, after targeting another leader of the Islamic Jihad movement overnight, who was killed along with two others.
Early Thursday, Israeli airstrikes killed the head of the Al-Quds Brigades missile unit, Ali Ghali.
On Thursday, the foreign ministers of Germany, France, Egypt and Jordan called for an end to the violence between Israel and the armed factions in Gaza, after 3 days of exchanges of fire.
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