Around 4 a.m. Thursday morning in Israel, the Israel Defense Forces announced that it had eliminated Ali Ghali, commander of Islamic Jihad’s rocket launching force, as well as two other Islamic Jihad operatives in Gaza.
“Ghali was a central figure in Islamic Jihad, as well as responsible for the recent rocket barrages launched against Israel,” the IDF ” rel="noopener” target="_blank">tweeted.
🔴 OPERATIONAL UPDATE: We just targeted Ali Ghali, the commander of Islamic Jihad’s Rocket Launching Force, as well as two other Islamic Jihad operatives in Gaza.
— Israel Defense Forces (@IDF) May 11, 2023
Ghali was a central figure in IJ, as well as responsible for the recent rocket barrages launched against Israel. pic.twitter.com/GToj67UjTT
#UPDATE The Palestinian group Islamic Jihad announces the death of one of its military leaders in a pre-dawn strike carried out by Israeli forces in the Gaza Strip.
— AFP News Agency (@AFP) May 11, 2023
"Ali Ghali... commander of the rocket launch unit... was assassinated in the south of the Gaza Strip along with… pic.twitter.com/FoAdsMUzw3
“While there have been no rocket alerts for several hours, I expect Islamic Jihad will retaliate for the targeted strike against Ali Ghali and other cadres belonging to the militant group,” Joe Truzman, a research analyst at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, tweeted.
