Europe News Desk!! At least nine people were killed and more than 10 were injured when Israeli jets and helicopters struck several targets of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) terrorist group in Gaza on Tuesday. The Palestinian health ministry said seven bodies were brought to the Shifa hospital in Gaza City and the other two to the hospital in Rafah city, the Palestinian health ministry said in a statement, Xinhua news agency said. Israeli airstrikes on several buildings injured more than 10 Palestinians, including women and children. PIJ sources told Xinhua that the dead included Tarek Ezel Deen, the group’s spokesman in the Palestinian territories, his wife and two children, and two other senior military leaders.
According to the group, the slain commanders were identified as Jihad Shaker al-Ghannam, secretary of the military council in the Al Quds Brigades, Khalil Salah Al Bahtini, commander of the northern sector in the Al Quds Brigades, and Tariq Muhammad Ezzedine, one of the leaders of the West Bank’s military wing. known as the Al Quds Brigade. According to eyewitnesses, the first building to be targeted was a residential apartment in Dawood Tower in the Al-Rimal neighborhood of Gaza City, and the second building was in Rafah. Sources said that the PIJ terrorists were in two buildings at that time. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) confirmed the airstrike on Gaza, saying it was a response to an attack by the PIJ terrorist organization, reports CNN. Also on Tuesday, Israel’s National Security Council said in a statement that PIJ had fired 102 rockets towards southern Israel on 2 May. The council said the new airstrikes were targeted and that Israel was trying to avoid harming the attackers as much as possible.
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