ISRAEL KILLS ISLAMIC JIHAD LEADERS

IDF Targets Islamic Jihad Terrorists in Gaza - Yuval Azoulay
Early Tuesday, IDF aircraft killed three Islamic Jihad gunmen, including a senior commander, in northern Gaza. In a pair of airstrikes Monday night, IDF aircraft struck two cars in Gaza City, killing six Islamic Jihad militants, including Majed Harazin, the group's overall commander in Gaza and the West Bank and a master rocket maker. Also Tuesday, Islamic Jihad announced that its commander in the northern West Bank had been killed by an undercover IDF unit in the village of Kabatiyeh. (Ha'aretz)

Airstrikes kill 10 Gaza terrorists (JTA)
Israeli airstrikes killed 10 Islamic Jihad terrorists in the Gaza Strip. Signaling a stepped-up offensive against the Palestinian faction that has carried out most of the recent cross-border rocket launches from Gaza, Israel's air force killed 10 Islamic Jihad members in two airstrikes on Monday night and Tuesday morning.

One attack destroyed a car carrying Islamic Jihad's most senior field commander in Gaza. Five of his comrades died with him. In the second strike, four Islamic Jihad men were killed as they left a mosque.

Islamic Jihad responded by vowing to renew suicide bombings in Israel. Israeli security sources dismissed the threat, saying that the absence of recent suicide bombings was a result of effective counter-measures rather than any restraint by Islamic Jihad or other Palestinian terrorist groups.

At least 15 rockets and mortar bombs were fired from Gaza at Israeli targets Tuesday. There were no reports of damage or injuries.