Islamic Jihad leader killed in latest Israeli strike in Gaza

Iyad al-Hasani died when an Israeli air strike targeted an apartment in the Gaza on Friday. He was the sixth council member to be killed by Israel this week.

MENA

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The New Arab Staff & Agencies

12 May, 2023

Smoke and flames rise from the area as a result of the attack by Israeli warplanes on a building in the north of Gaza. o(Photo by Thair Abo Riash/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

Iyad al-Hasani, a senior leader of the Islamic Jihad was killed in the latest Israeli air strike on an apartment in the Gaza Strip on Friday, according to an official from the group.

Al-Hasani was a member of the Islamic Jihad’s top military council. He was the sixth council member to be killed by Israel this week. Hasani's aide was also killed in the strike.

"Saraya al-Quds mourns its great commander martyr, Iyad al-Abd al-Husseini, known as Abu Anas, a member of the military council and the operations unit leader in Saraya al-Quds, who was killed in a cowardly Zionist assassination operation this evening in Gaza,” Islamic Jihad said in a statement.

Israel has intensified the targeting of the leaders of the Islamic Jihad since 2019. This week's escalation is the worst since August, Israeli military said it has hit 170 Islamic Jihad targets this week.