By Palestine Chronicle Staff
In a series of military strikes on the besieged Gaza Strip, the Israeli occupation army killed and injured scores of Palestinians, including a senior Islamic Jihad leader and a 5-year-old girl.
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Fri, Aug 5, 6:00 p.m. GMT+2
Al-Jazeera, the official Palestinian news agency WAFA and other sources said that so far up to eight Palestinians have been killed in the Israeli attacks. Besides al-Jabari, the attacks also killed a 5-year-old Palestinian girl.
The father of a 5-year-old Palestinian girl holds her body in al-Shifa hospital after she was killed by an Israeli air strike on Gaza a short time ago.
Dozens more were injured and killed.#GazaUnderAttack pic.twitter.com/yFC8QsBw5b
— Maha Hussaini (@MahaGaza) August 5, 2022
Fri, August 5, 5:30 p.m. GMT+2
The Palestinian Islamic Jihad movement announced that the head of the Al-Quds Brigades’ Northern Gaza Command, Tayseer al-Jabari, was assassinated by Israel in an airstrike on Friday.
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IDF mengeluarkan video serangan dron ke atas Komander Briged Al Quds Wilayah Utara Tayseer Al Jabari di Gaza
Tayseer Al Jabari disahkan terbunuh pic.twitter.com/zLBIGV64NK
— Irfan_newboys🇲🇾🇵🇸🏳️🏴 (@Marchfoward) August 5, 2022
Earlier, the Israeli occupation army announced the start of a military operation against the Islamic Jihad movement in the Gaza Strip. He named it “True Dawn”.
Fri 5 Aug, 14:00 GMT+2
Israel has deployed attack drones and increased its surveillance over the beleaguered Gaza Strip, fearing reprisals after the arrest of a Palestinian leader earlier this week, Haaretz reported Thursday.
#Israel Deploy “attack drones” on #Gaza after the arrest of #Islamic Jihad Chief https://t.co/gHUw41aQLY Going through @PalestineChron pic.twitter.com/yuKbwfmMGR
— The Palestine Chronicle (@PalestineChron) August 5, 2022
In an escalation of its 15-year siege, Israel closed all crossings into Gaza on Tuesday after arresting Bassam al-Saadi, a senior Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) operative.
The closure halted the transport of goods and aid to Gaza and prevented workers from crossing into Israel.
(The Palestine Chronicle, Agencies)
