Israel’s army said it had killed the Palestinian group Islamic Jihad’s top commander for the Nur Shams refugee camp in the occupied West Bank, AFP reports.

The military said Mohammad Abdullah was “eliminated” yesterday after Israeli aircraft struck the camp in Tulkarem.

An additional “terrorist” was killed in the operation, which recovered M-16 rifles and vests, it added.

Abdullah was the successor of Muhammad Jabber, also known as Abu Shujaa, who was killed in an Israeli strike in late August.

Islamic Jihad is an ally of Hamas, with both groups battling Israeli forces in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip.