Jerusalem Photo illustration: Restaurandocoracoes via Pixabay The rocket attack on Jerusalem comes hours after the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) eliminated Khaled Mansour, who headed the organization’s military wing in the southern Gaza Strip, in an airstrike. Mansour’s death, the second of a senior member of the terrorist group in three days, could prove to be a turning point in the battle against the terrorist group that openly proclaims that its goal is the destruction of Israel.Some preliminary reports suggested interceptions of two Palestinian rockets by the Israeli Iron Dome anti-missile battery near Jerusalem.Yesterday, the Palestinian Islamic Jihad launched rockets that set off alarms in the cities of Tel Aviv and Modiin, in the center of the country, but the projectiles fell in open spaces without causing material damage or injuries or were shot down in the sky by the batteries. Israeli anti-missile Iron Dome.The climb today marks its third day, after more exchanges of fire during the early hours and this morning. Israeli estimates suggest that more than 400 rockets have been launched by Islamic Jihad since Friday, while the Israel Defense Forces responded with dozens of high-precision strikes on the Palestinian group’s targets in Gaza.So far, 29 Palestinians have been killed and 253 wounded, according to the Hamas-controlled Gaza Health Ministry. These figures do not separate the killed terrorists from the civilian casualties.On the Israeli side there are no deaths and an estimated 21 injuries are estimated, all of them minor, including three soldiers.In addition, the Israel Defense Forces continue to operate in Judea and Samaria (West Bank), where this morning their troops detained about 20 Palestinians suspected of belonging to the Islamic Jihad.The current spike in tension began on Friday with a strong Israeli pre-emptive offensive on Jihad targets in Gaza in the face of what the IDF described as an “imminent threat” of an attack by the group in retaliation for the arrest on Monday of one of its members. ringleaders during a raid in the northern West Bank city of Jenin.Israel believes that the JIP’s close ties to Iran make the group largely a satellite of Tehran. Aurora and EFEPost navigation
