According to the military, more than 400 rockets have been fired from the Gaza Strip at Israel since Friday.
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Tel Aviv, Gaza Israel’s army has specifically killed another military chief of the militant Palestinian organization Islamic Jihad (PIJ) in the Gaza Strip. Islamic Jihad’s southern commander Khalid Mansur was killed in an airstrike in the city of Rafah, the military said Sunday morning. Two other senior jihadists were also killed, including Mansur’s deputy. The jihad confirmed Mansur’s death on Sunday.
“In the past few days, Mansur has been working on preparing an attack on Israel with anti-tank missiles and missiles,” the statement said. He is also responsible for terrorist attacks in the past.
The Israeli military launched the large-scale “Dawn” military action against Islamic Jihad on Friday. The military chief Taisir al-Jabari and other PIJ members were killed. The group, which is closely linked to Israel’s arch-enemy Iran, has been classified as a terrorist organization by the EU and the US.
Israeli Prime Minister Jair Lapid said on Sunday, according to his office, that the operation would “continue as long as necessary”. Efforts are being made to ensure that bystanders are not harmed.
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The army also attacked several targets in the Gaza Strip on Sunday night. Rocket alarms went off again on Sunday morning in the Israeli border towns on the edge of the Gaza Strip.
According to the Palestinian Ministry of Health, 29 people have died since Friday. At least 253 were injured. Among the dead are six children and four women, along with other PIJ members.
Israel blames Islamic Jihad for the deaths of five children and one adult in the Jabalia refugee camp. According to the military, they were killed by a misguided jihadi missile.
Rocket alert in Jerusalem
For the first time since the beginning of the Israeli military operation in the Gaza Strip, there was also a missile alert in Jerusalem on Sunday. According to military reports, the warning sirens wailed around the city in the morning. Residents reported explosions. According to the military, more than 400 rockets have been fired from the Gaza Strip at Israel since Friday.
It had been feared that the situation could deteriorate further on Sunday – the Jewish day of fasting and mourning, Tisha Beav. Religious Jews mourn the destruction of the two ancient temples in Jerusalem on the day.
In the evening, the ruling Islamist Hamas organization in the Gaza Strip called for the Al-Aqsa Mosque on the Temple Mount to be “defended and opposed to Israeli attacks on the holy site”. The Temple Mount with the Dome of the Rock and the Al-Aqsa Mosque is the third holiest site in Islam.
So far, Hamas has held back in the recent conflict with Israel. Israeli airstrikes were primarily aimed at the second largest Palestinian organization in the Gaza Strip, Islamic Jihad.
Foreign Office condemns rocket fire
The Federal Foreign Office has condemned the rocket attacks on Israeli towns and communities “in the strongest possible terms”. A spokeswoman said on Sunday in Berlin that he had to stop immediately. “Israel, like any other state, can invoke the right to self-defense. Civilians must never be the target of attacks”.
It is now important to prevent further escalation and to maintain the greatest possible restraint and the proportionality required under international law, emphasized the Foreign Office spokeswoman. “We mourn with the relatives of the civilian victims and our thoughts are with everyone who fears for the life and health of their loved ones at this time.”
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