Two senior leaders of the Islamic Jihad, a Palestinian armed group involved in the October 7, 2023 attack on Israel, were killed in an Israeli airstrike near Damascus on Thursday, a source within the group confirmed to AFP on Saturday.
The targeted airstrike is part of Israel’s ongoing campaign against militant groups following the October 7 attack © Mena Today
Two senior leaders of the Islamic Jihad, a Palestinian armed group involved in the October 7, 2023 attack on Israel, were killed in an Israeli airstrike near Damascus on Thursday, a source within the group confirmed to AFP on Saturday.
The strike hit the locality of Qoudsaya, in the suburbs of Damascus, and claimed the lives of:
The targeted airstrike is part of Israel’s ongoing campaign against militant groups following the October 7 attack, which triggered intense conflict in the region.
The Islamic Jihad continues to hold hostages captured during the October 7 attack in southern Israel, including individuals of various nationalities.
This week, the group released two video clips of Sacha Trupanov, a 29-year-old Russo-Israeli hostage. The videos have drawn international concern and condemnation, with calls for the immediate release of all captives.
Hamas said on Wednesday it was studying what U.S. President Donald Trump called a "final" ceasefire proposal for Gaza but that Israel must pull out of the enclave, and Israeli leader Benjamin Netanyahu said Hamas would be eliminated.
A U.N. expert has named over 60 companies, including major arms manufacturers and technology firms, in a report alleging their involvement in supporting Israeli settlements and military actions in Gaza, which she called a "genocidal campaign."
Relations between Israel and Syria, long frozen by decades of hostility and conflict, may be inching toward a fragile thaw, according to multiple sources familiar with ongoing diplomatic assessments.
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