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Palestinian Islamic jihad group confirms killing of a senior commander in Gaza

Rockets are fired by Palestinian militants into Israel, amid Israel-Gaza fighting, in Gaza August 6, 2022. REUTERS/Ibraheem Abu Mustafa

The Palestinian Islamic Jihad movement (PIJ) on Sunday confirmed the killing of one of its senior armed commanders in an Israeli air strike on the Gaza Strip.

"Al-Quds Brigades (Jerusalem Brigades) mourns the leader Khaled Mansour, member of the security council and the commander of the southern region (of Gaza Strip) who was martyred as a result of an Israeli air strike yesterday (Saturday)," the group said in a statement.

Al-Quds Brigades is the armed wing of the group.

(Reporting by Nidal Al Mughrabi; Writing by Mahmoud Mourad; Editing by Kim Coghill)

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