Israel announces death of Islamic Jihad naval forces commander in Gaza

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Jul 18 (EUROPA PRESS) –

The Israeli army said on Thursday that it had killed a senior Islamic Jihad official in a bombing against the city of Gaza, located in the north of the Strip, as part of the offensive unleashed against the enclave following the attacks carried out on October 7 by the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) and other Palestinian factions.

The group has indicated that the deceased was the commander of the Palestinian group’s naval forces, Anas Murad, although Islamic Jihad has not yet commented on this information.

The Israeli military has said that another Islamic Jihad member identified as Ahmed al-Masri, who allegedly participated in the “massacre” of October 7, has been killed in another bombing carried out in recent hours in Gaza. It also said that al-Masri was behind several rocket launches against Israel.

He also said that in the last few hours the military deployed in Rafah, on the border with Egypt, have found several tunnels in the city and added that several “terrorists” have also been “eliminated” in bombings in this town.

Israel launched an offensive against the Strip following the October 7 attacks, which left nearly 1,200 people dead and some 240 kidnapped. Hamas-controlled Gaza authorities have reported nearly 38,800 dead, in addition to more than 560 Palestinians killed in the West Bank and East Jerusalem in operations by Israeli forces or in attacks by settlers.