Ben Kerido / The Western Journal
On the afternoon of Aug. 5, Israeli fighter jets screamed toward the Gaza Strip.
An air strike operation that lasted less than three minutes successfully eliminated Tayseer Jabari, a top commander of the terrorist organization known as the Palestinian Islamic Jihad, as well as several squads of Gazan militants en route to attack Jewish targets along the border. Leading up to the airstrike, Israeli forces had already arrested Bassam al-Saadi, the leader of the PIJ in the Yehudah v’ Shomron region, also referred to as the West Bank.
The conflict escalated as the PIJ commenced the firing of over 1,000 rockets and mortars into Israeli territory. While most were intercepted by the world-famous Iron Dome defense system, there was some wounding of civilians and soldiers as well as damage to Jewish infrastructure.
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