The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) reported at dawn on Tuesday. attacking positions “targets of Islamic Jihad” The attacks started at around 02:30 local time with an operation called ‘Shield and Arrow’ by the Army. According to the information they received, they killed three high-ranking members of the Islamic Jihad.. They were identified as Jalil Bahitini, the commander of the northern region of Sheridi, who was allegedly responsible for launching shells from Palestinian territory last month; Tarek Ezz al Din, allegedly responsible for planning the attacks in Israel; and Jahad A’Nam, secretary of the military council of Islamic Jihad.
As confirmed by a spokesperson for the Palestinian Ministry of Health there are at least nine deceased Including children and women in Gaza, according to his statements to Al-Aqsa TV collected by the Palestinian portal Felesteen. Also, Salama Maarouf, head of the Government Intelligence Bureau in Gaza, condemned the “brutal and sudden attack” that “showed the bloody criminal mentality of the occupation” and urged citizens to pay attention to official information. Not rumors shared via social networks, a recurring request by the Palestinian Ministry of Interior.
Meanwhile, the far-right Israeli Minister of National Security Itamar Ben Gvir posted on his social networks, “It’s time!” shortly after the IDF reported the attack.
Israel shields itself from a possible response
Israel has reported that since this morning, all roads near the Gaza Strip have been blocked and movement is prohibited in a 40-kilometer zone from Gaza until 18:00 (local time) on Wednesday, asking residents to seek shelter. In response to a possible airstrike from the Palestinian territories. Classes have been canceled until further notice and only those working near the shelter will be able to go to work.
The bombardment occurs during the previously agreed ceasefire.It has been in force since last Wednesday, after Jader Adnan, a senior official of Islamic Jihad, died in prison during a hunger strike, exchanging more than 100 rockets between Israelis and Palestinians in one of the most tense moments. A ceasefire was reached between Israel and the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas), and mediation by the United Nations and the governments of Qatar and Egypt would be relied upon.