Children stand near a damaged building following Israeli airstrikes on an apartment of an Islamic Jihad commander in Gaza City on May 9, 2023. The Israeli military announced it had carried out strikes against Palestinian Islamic Jihad targets in the area. (AHMED ZAKOT/GETTY IMAGES)
The Israeli Air Force surprised Palestinian Islamic Jihad early on Tuesday with a series of strikes and targeted assassinations in the Gaza Strip. The move represents an effort by Israel to reestablish deterrence after PIJ fired 104 rockets and terrorized southern Israeli residents on May 2 and 3 in response to the death of 45-year-old PIJ Israeli security prisoner Khader Adnan, who had been on a three-month hunger strike.
View of a damaged building following Israeli airstrikes on an apartment of an Islamic Jihad commander in Gaza City on May 9, 2023. Israeli air strikes killed 13 people before dawn on May 9, 2023, in the Gaza Strip, according to the health ministry of the Hamas-controlled territory. (AHMED ZAKOT/GETTY IMAGES)
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