The Israeli army on Friday killed a leading Islamic Jihad member in the blockaded Gaza Strip, according to Israeli media.
"The Israeli army killed a prominent member of the Islamic Jihad movement in Gaza," Israeli Public Broadcasting Corporation said without identifying the targeted member.
Meanwhile, an Islamic Jihad member told the Al-Jazeera network that Taysir al-Jabari, commander of the northern region of Saraya al-Quds, was killed during the raids.
The Islamic Jihad movement has responded to the attack by confirming that it will not allow "the enemy to pass its policies aimed at undermining the resistance and national steadfastness."
As for Hamas, it reacted by affirming that "the resistance with all its military arms and factions are united in this battle and will say its word with full force."
"The Israeli enemy is the one who started the escalation against the resistance in Gaza, and he must bear the responsibility," Hamas stressed.
For its part, the Palestinian Health Ministry in Gaza said that eight people were killed, including a five-year-old girl, and 44 others were injured in Israeli attacks on the enclave.
Notably, an Israeli army source told Israeli daily Yedioth Ahronoth that at least 15 Islamic Jihad activists were killed in an attack on the Gaza Strip.
According to an Anadolu Agency reporter in Gaza, Israeli warplanes hit separate areas in Gaza City, Khan Yunis, and the northern Gaza Strip.
Among the targets that the army raided was an apartment in Burj Palestine, in the Rimal neighborhood, in western Gaza City.
Earlier on Friday, the Israeli army said that it had begun carrying out raids on some targets in the Gaza Strip.
It added that a military campaign has been launched on the strip against the Palestinian group known as Islamic Jihad.
*Writing by Mahmoud Barakat -
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