Islamic Jihad says military leader killed in fresh Israeli strike in Gaza

The Palestinian group Islamic Jihad announced on Tuesday the death of one of its military leaders in a pre-dawn strike carried out by Israeli forces in the Gaza Strip.

“Ali Ghali… commander of the rocket launch unit… was assassinated in the south of the Gaza Strip along with other martyrs,” said a statement from the Al-Quds Brigades, the armed branch of the group. The Israeli army confirmed that it targeted Ghali in the strike.