IDF launches air strike: kills Palestinian Islamic Jihad Leader

In a statement on Saturday, Israel Defense Forces (IDF), said that they killed a Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) leader on Friday night in an air strike.

Tel Aviv : In a statement on Saturday, Israel Defense Forces (IDF), said that they killed a Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) leader on Friday night in an air strike.

The IDF said that the killed Palestinian Islamic Jihad was responsible for a major attack in the Hermesh settlement in West Bank, leading to the killing of many Jews.

The deceased is identified as Aslam Hamaisa, who was commander of the Jenin brigade of PIJ. IDF said that in a joint operation with the Shin Bet, they located the Islamic Jihad operatives and bomb blast the building where they were hiding.

Palestinian Health Ministry has also confirmed the killing of Aslam Hamaisa. In a statement on Saturday, the Palestinian Health Ministry said that Aslam Hamaisa has been killed and several injured in an attack by the Israel Air Force on a building in Jenin on Friday night.