The leader of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad Muhammad al-Jabariconsidered the deputy head of the unit for the weapons production of the organization, was killed in a raid air strike conducted during the night on a condominium in Gaza City, which caused a total of four deaths. The IDF, the Israeli armed forces, reported, stating that al-Jabari had been “entrusted with the production of the organization’s weapons in the northern Gaza Strip” as well as “the distribution of salaries And money to terrorists”. Furthermore, adds the Tel Aviv army, the killed militant “took an active part in the attempt to restore the rocket production capacity and the organization’s infrastructure.”
The IDF also reported killings in recent days more than thirty armed men in close quarters fighting in the southern Gaza Strip. In addition, in the Netzarim corridor – in the center of the enclave – the Israeli military spotted a cell of armed men emerging from a tunnel and ordered a drone strike. In the same area, during operations by the Harel Reserve Armored Brigade, an attack helicopter struck a building used as a weapons depot.
