Israel kills Islamic Jihad commander in Gaza, another targeted in DamascusMourners carry the body of the wife of Palestinian Islamic Jihad field commander Baha Abu Al-Atta during their funeral in Gaza City on November 12, 2019. “Israel executed two coordinated attacks, in Syria and in Gaza, in a declaration of war,” Islamic Jihad leader Khaled Al-Batsh said at the Gaza funeral of Baha Abu Al-Atta. Israel casts rising Gaza tensions as part of a regional struggle with arch-foe Iran that has also played out in Syria. Islamic Jihad said the target of the Damascus attack was the home of a political leader, Akram Al-Ajouri. Israel said the men were an Islamic Jihad rocket crew.

Source: Standard Digital November 12, 2019 11:44 UTC