GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip—Israel said Sunday that it killed a senior Islamic Jihad commander in Gaza, the second such targeted attack since it launched its high-stakes military offensive against the terrorist group just before the weekend.
The Iran-backed terrorist group has fired hundreds of rockets at Israel in response.
Gaza’s ruling Hamas terrorist group, which fought an 11-day war with Israel in May 2021, appeared to stay on the sidelines for now.
The Islamic Jihad commander, Khaled Mansour, was killed in an airstrike on an apartment building in the Rafah refugee camp in southern Gaza late Saturday.
Two other terrorists and five civilians were also killed in the attack, bringing the Palestinian death toll to 36 since the start of the Israeli offensive on Friday. The Palestinian Health Ministry said more than 310 people were wounded since Friday….