Tel Aviv: Khalid Mansour, the second top commander of Islamic Jihad in the Gaza Strip, was killed late Saturday night in an Israeli airstrike. Khalid Mansour is the second major commander to be killed in this latest attack. At least 32 Palestinians have died in this fighting, including 6 children. Israel has also arrested 20 members of the Islamic Jihad group in the West Bank. Hundreds of rockets have been fired in the worst violence between Israel and Palestinian terrorists in a long time.
Palestine’s health ministry said on Sunday that the death toll from the violence in Gaza had risen to 32, including six children, according to a news agency AFP news. The ministry said that more than 250 people have also been injured in the latest attacks. While Israeli officials said the children died on Saturday from rockets fired at Israel by militants in Gaza, Islamic Jihad says it fired rockets at Jerusalem. Israel launched an airstrike on the Gaza Strip on Friday to end Islamic Jihad. Which continues on the third day.
Witnesses say rocket sirens and explosions were heard in West Jerusalem. Which is probably a sign of Palestinian rocket attacks and Israel’s air defense. Israel said on Friday that Islamic Jihad’s top commander, Taseer Jabari, had been killed in an airstrike on northern Gaza, following the latest attack on Gaza. While the death of Khalid Mansour, the second top commander of Islamic Jihad, was confirmed by the Al Quds Brigade on Sunday. According to reports, Mansoor was killed in an airstrike on Saturday night in the city of Rafah in southern Gaza.
