Israel’s military claims to kill Islamic Jihad commander

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In its latest offensive update, Israel’s military says it has killed numerous fighters in close-quarter combat and via air strikes in Rafah and central Gaza, Al Jazeera reports.

It identified one of the fighters killed by an air strike in central Gaza as the commander of an Islamic Jihad sniper cell.

Another strike in Rafah killed two fighters carrying an explosive, it said.

Israel’s latest wave of attacks in Gaza has also killed numerous civilians, including women, children and elderly individuals in several homes in Nuseirat camp.

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