Israel said it killed a senior commander of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad group as fighting entered a third day
Photo:GAZA CITY—Israel said it killed a senior commander of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad group in Gaza, while Palestinian militants on Thursday fired more rockets into Israel, as fighting between the two sidesIsrael said the Islamic Jihad
official, Ali Ghali, was killed in a predawn airstrike on Khan Yunis, a city in the southern Gaza Strip. The Israeli military said he was responsible for rocket attacks on Israel in the current spate of violence, as well as in previous rounds of conflict.
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