Israel’s “Operation Breaking Dawn” entered its third day on Sunday, as Palestinian Islamic Jihad in the Gaza Strip resumed firing rockets at Israel. Sirens blared in the Yerushalayim area and in the southern city of Beer Sheva on Sunday for the first time since the launch of the operation on Friday.
As of Sunday evening, terrorists from Gaza had fired nearly 1,000 projectiles towards the Jewish state since hostilities broke out, according to the IDF.
The military added that it had struck over 140 assets belonging to PIJ in Gaza since launching its mission.
According to several Israeli media reports, Egypt is working to forge a ceasefire between the sides that could go into effect as early as Sunday night.
Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid hailed the killing of Mansour as an “extraordinary achievement,” adding that the operation would continue “as long as necessary.”
On Friday, the IDF killed senior PIJ commander Tayseer Jabari, who was responsible for numerous rocket attacks on the home front during “Operation Guardian of the Walls,” an 11-day battle in May 2021 initiated by Hamas and PIJ against Israel. Jabari, 50, was PIJ’s head of operations, according to the IDF.
Meanwhile, the military last night released footage showing a PIJ-fired rocket falling short in Gaza and causing an explosion in a residential area of Jabalya that reportedly killed numerous people, including children.
A spokeswoman for Lapid confirmed following the incident that there was no Israeli activity in the Gaza Strip in that area or at that time.
“Islamic Jihad is killing Palestinian children in Gaza. One in four rockets fired from Gaza towards Israel lands inside the Gaza Strip. Iran’s proxies, including Islamic Jihad, have a long history of hiding behind civilians to target Israeli civilians,” the spokeswoman continued. “The world should be outraged at this terrorist group targeting innocent Israelis and killing innocent Gazans.”
On Sunday, Lapid met with opposition leader Bibi Netanyahu to update him on security developments. JNS
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