LIVE BLOG: Israel Kills, Wounds Many in Ongoing Attacks on Besieged Gaza
By Palestine Chronicle Staff
In a series of military strikes on the besieged Gaza Strip, the Israeli occupation army has killed and wounded many Palestinians, including a top Islamic Jihad leader and a 5-year-old girl.
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Fri, Aug 5, 6:00 pm GMT+2
Al-Jazeera, the official Palestinian news agency WAFA and other sources have said that up to eight Palestinians were killed so far in the Israeli attacks. Aside from al-Jabari, the attacks also killed a 5-year-old Palestinian girl.
Father of a 5-year-old Palestinian girl holds her body in the al-Shifa hospital after she was killed by an Israeli airstrike on Gaza short ago.
Dozens others have been injured and killed.#GazaUnderAttack pic.twitter.com/yFC8QsBw5b
— Maha Hussaini (@MahaGaza) August 5, 2022
Fri, Aug 5, 5:30 pm GMT+2
The Palestinian Islamic Jihad movement announced that the Gaza Northern Command leader of Al-Quds Brigades, Tayseer al-Jabari has been assassinated by Israel in an airstrike on Friday.
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IDF mengeluarkan video serangan dron ke atas Komander Briged Al Quds Wilayah Utara Tayseer Al Jabari di Gaza
Tayseer Al Jabari disahkan terbunuh pic.twitter.com/zLBIGV64NK
— Irfan_newboys🇲🇾🇵🇸🏳️🏴 (@Marchfoward) August 5, 2022
Earlier, the Israeli occupation army announced the start of a military operation against the Islamic Jihad movement in the Gaza Strip. It named it ‘True Dawn’.
Fri, Aug 5, 2:00 pm GMT+2
Israel deployed attack drones and increased its surveillance over the besieged Gaza Strip, fearing retaliation after its arrest of a Palestinian leader earlier this week, Haaretz reported on Thursday.
#Israel Deploys ‘Attack Drones’ over #Gaza after Arrest of #IslamicJihad Leader https://t.co/gHUw41aQLY via @PalestineChron pic.twitter.com/yuKbwfmMGR
— The Palestine Chronicle (@PalestineChron) August 5, 2022
In an escalation of its 15-year-long siege, Israel shut all crossings into Gaza on Tuesday after it arrested Bassam al-Saadi, a senior member of Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ).
The shutdown has stopped the transport of goods and aid into Gaza and prevented workers from crossing into Israel.
(The Palestine Chronicle, Agencies)