Israelske fly har slått til mot Gaza og drept lederen for Islamsk Jihad, Tayseer Jabari. Islamsk Jihad bekrefter at han er død.  Innenriksminister Ayelet Shaked sier de ikke akter å leve på Islamsk Jihads nåde langs grensen.

Palestinian Islamic Jihad confirms the death of senior commander Tayseer Jabari in an Israeli airstrike in northern Gaza.

Jabari replaced Baha Abu al-Ata as commander of Islamic Jihad in northern Gaza, after his assassination by Israel in 2019.

Tayseer er ikke den eneste militante palestineren som er drept.

The Israel Defense Forces estimates that between 10-20 Palestinian terrorists have been killed in the Gaza Strip amid the opening wave of airstrikes against the Islamic Jihad.

According to the military, six sites were hit by fighter jets and armed drones.

Gazas helsedepartement oppgir syv drepte, deriblant en fem år gammel jente og 40 sårede.

Mandag arresterte Israel leder for Islamsk Jihad på Vestbredden, Bassem Saadi. Jerusalem ønsker å begrense kamphandlingene til Islamsk Jihad. Deres aktivitet har ført til at hverdagslivet for israelske samfunn langs grensen mot Gaza har gått i stå.

Regjeringen sier de ikke finner seg i å leve på Islamsk Jihads nåde.

Innenriksminister Ayelet Shaked sier Israel er forberedt på en langvarig strid.

“We don’t know how this [conflict] will play out… but this could take time… This could be a lengthy round [of conflict] and a hard one.”

She says Islamic Jihad “sought to bring life to a standstill in Gaza-border communities and we were not prepared to allow this to happen.”

The government decided “we are not prepared to be held hostage by a Gaza terror group,” she adds.