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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Lorenzo Tondo in Jerusalem

Islamic Jihad leader killed in West Bank and 70 targets hit in Gaza, says Israel

A Palestinian woman walks past a damaged house in Jenin
Eight people were also injured in the Israeli strike on the Jenin refugee camp. Photograph: Alaa Badarneh/EPA

Israel says its jets have struck 70 targets across Gaza in the past 24 hours, while an airstrike in Jenin killed a “significant” Islamic Jihad figure who operated as the head of logistics for the organisation’s brigade in the city.

The strike, carried out on Friday night by a fighter jet and a helicopter, killed Islam Khamayseh, a “senior terrorist operative in the Jenin camp” who was responsible for a series of attacks in the area, the IDF said.

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