Palestinian Isamic Jihad says Khaled Mansour’s death in Gaza Strip will ‘ignite the battle to defend Jerusalem’
An Israeli airstrike has killed a second Palestinian militant commander in the Gaza Strip, fuelling fears that the three-day-old “pre-emptive” Israeli operation could escalate into all-out conflict.
Palestinian Islamic Jihad confirmed early on Sunday that Khaled Mansour, who led the Iran-backed group’s operations in the south of the blockaded territory, had been killed in bombing overnight. His death follows the targeting of Tayseer Jabari, who was killed on Friday at the outset of the surprise operation “Breaking Dawn”, the worst outbreak of violence between Israeli and Palestinian militants since a brief war last May.
