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Julie Stahl<\/a> – August 5, 2022<\/p>\n After days of being on heightened alert, Israel struck targets in the Gaza Strip saying it had eliminated a number of Islamic Jihad terrorists.<\/p>\n Dubbed \u201cOperation Breaking Dawn,\u201d it began with Israeli air strikes in the Gaza Strip killing a top Palestinian Islamic Jihad northern brigade commander named Tayseer Jabari.<\/p>\n Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid and Defense Minister Benny Gantz issued a joint statement saying that the operation was \u201caimed at removing a concrete threat to the citizens of the State of Israel and surrounding Gaza and harming terrorists and their emissaries.\u201d<\/p>\n The IDF issued a statement saying that Jabari was \u201centrusted\u201d with making decisions in the PIJ and had carried out anti-tank missile attacks against soldiers and civilians recently.<\/p>\n The IDF also said it had targeted about 10 PIJ operatives, including a terror squad on its way to carry out an anti-tank missile and sniper attack. The IDF also targeted \u201cmilitary bases and buildings\u201d it said were used by \u201cterrorist operatives.\u201d<\/p>\n In an off-the-record briefing, an IDF spokesperson told journalists that Israel had acted against an \u201cimminent threat\u201d that \u201cwas very viral against our forces.\u201d<\/p>\n Within two hours, Hamas confirmed eight dead and 43 wounded. Hamas issued a statement saying, \u201cthe resistance will defend our people\u201d and \u201cthe resistance is united and will say its word in full force.\u201d<\/p>\n And on Hezbollah’s al-Mayadeen network, a Jihad terrorist leader Al Nakhleh vowed to target Tel Aviv with missiles.<\/p>\n Reports said all Palestinian terrorist factions were mobilizing to fire rockets into Israeli territories.<\/p>\n https:\/\/www1.cbn.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Julie Stahl – August 5, 2022 After days of being on heightened alert, Israel struck targets in the Gaza Strip saying it had eliminated a number of Islamic Jihad terrorists. 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