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2022-08-07 Israel-Palestine-Jordan

Day 3: IDF: All senior Islamic Jihad officials in Gaza eliminated, 350+ Gaza rockets went up

Day 2 here (links to all the day’s posts), Day 1 here. Today’s posts: here, here, here, here, and here.

[JPost] IDF states that children in Jabaliya refugee camp killed by failed Islamic Jihad rocket launch, not by IDF airstrikes.

The IDF confirmed on Saturday night that senior Islamic Jihad operative Khaled Mansour had been eliminated by an IDF airstrike and that to the best of their knowledge, all senior Islamic Jihad officials in Gaza had been taken down as well.

Sirens blared in Tel Aviv on Saturday evening as the IDF continues Operation Breaking Dawn against Palestinian Islamic Jihad in the Gaza Strip as more than 350 rockets were launched toward Israel in the first full day of fighting between the two groups.

The IDF confirmed that it was striking unspecified targets in Gaza on Saturday night, with blasts heard in Rafah.

Head of the Operations Directorate Maj.-Gen. Oded Basiuk confirmed late Saturday night that senior Islamic Jihad operative Khaled Mansour was the target of the strikes and had been eliminated. Further, he added that "according to our intelligence...all of the senior security operatives of Gaza's Islamic Jihad have been eliminated."

The IDF continued to strike cells that had been planning to fire mortar shells as well as rocket launching sites after they fired toward Israeli communities near the border. Several Palestinian operatives belonging to Islamic Jihad were killed and injured in the strikes.

According to reports in Gaza, several civilians were killed including a 5-year-old girl and a 25-year-old woman, and at least 125 more were injured.

An explosion in Jabaliya on Saturday night killed at least nine people, including at least four children.

Despite initial reports stating that the deaths had been caused by an IDF strike, IDF Spokesperson Brig.-Gen. Ran Kohav said that the civilians including the children who were killed seem to be because of a failed rocket launch that came shortly before a rocket barrage. "We did not launch strikes at that time," he said.

Related: The Times of Israel liveblogged yesterday’s events here.
Update at noon EDT: today’s Times of Israel liveblog is here.

The IDF is currently striking Islamic Jihad terrorist organization tunnels in the Gaza Strip.
— Israel Defense Forces (@IDF) August 7, 2022

Posted by Frank G 2022-08-07 00:00|| || Front Page|| [27 views ] Top
File under: Palestinian Islamic Jihad

#1 Israel-Gaza: Death toll rises as Israel kills second top militant

Posted by Skidmark 2022-08-07 06:42|| 2022-08-07 06:42|| Front Page Top

#2 General William T. Sherman to the secure phone please. General William Tecumseh Sherman...

Posted by M. Murcek 2022-08-07 06:46|| 2022-08-07 06:46|| Front Page Top

#3 last night, the IDF concentrated on hitting IJ launching infrastructure.

About a dozen sites were hit. Not sure about the extent of damage.

Posted by Lord Garth 2022-08-07 11:47|| 2022-08-07 11:47|| Front Page Top

#4 as of midnight Saturday local time, IJ had fired about 450 missiles of which about 300 cleared the Gaza border

Posted by Lord Garth 2022-08-07 15:00|| 2022-08-07 15:00|| Front Page Top

#5 From today’s liveblog:

Islamic Jihad confirms ceasefire deal with Israel; truce expected to begin at 11:30 p.m.

Islamic Jihad terrorists in Gaza say they have agreed to a Cairo-brokered ceasefire to end three days of intense conflict with Israel.

“A short while ago, the wording of the Egyptian truce agreement was reached, which contains Egypt’s commitment to work towards the release of two prisoners, (Bassem) al-Saadi and (Khalil) Awawdeh,” senior Islamic Jihad member Mohammad al-Hindi says in a statement.

Saadi, Islamic Jihad’s leader in the West Bank, was recently arrested in Jenin, while Awawdeh is also in Israeli custody.

The ceasefire is expected to begin at 11:30 p.m. There is no Israeli confirmation of the deal.

Meanwhile, authorities in the Hamas-run enclave report at least 41 Palestinians have been killed since the start of fighting last week.

Heading toward 1000 rockets/morters shot off in Gaza, 160 of which landed on Gazan heads. Iron Dome intercepted 300, a 96% success rate.

Three hours ago PM Lapid announced Israel has accomplished the goals set for Operation Breaking Dawn. Mowing the lawn, indeed — it’s just over a year since the last round with Hamas.

But who signed off on the PIJ side if all the senior security operatives — whatever that means — are dead?

Posted by trailing wife 2022-08-07 15:10|| 2022-08-07 15:10|| Front Page Top

#6 Remember tough guy shit-talking "No truce!" earlier?

Posted by Frank G 2022-08-07 15:11|| 2022-08-07 15:11|| Front Page Top

#7 about time. downhill since sharon gave it away.
clean it up and keep it clean. I hope most occupants just want to earn their daily bread.

Posted by irish rage boy 2022-08-07 15:19|| 2022-08-07 15:19|| Front Page Top

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