Islamic Jihad commander killed in Rafah: Israeli army

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Islamic Jihad commander killed in Rafah: Israeli army

May 05, 2024
Updated: 04:34 am

Islamic Jihad commander killed in Rafah: Israeli army

Jerusalem, May 5 : The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) has announced that Aiman Zaarab, a senior commander of the Islamic Jihad Rafah Brigade, was killed in an airstrike on the southernmost Gazan city of Rafah.

Zaarab directed the Islamic Jihad's elite forces during the October 7 onslaught on Kibbutz Sufa and the Sufa military post bordering the Gaza Strip, the IDF was quoted as saying on Saturday by Xinhua news agency.

Zaarab had "commanded and directed" several attacks, and over the past few days, he led the Islamic Jihads' preparations for combat in the southern Gaza Strip against the Israeli military, according to the IDF statement.

Along with Zaarab, two other Islamic Jihad operatives were killed during the strike, the IDF added.

/IANS

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