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Operation "Shield and Arrow" : Today (Thursday) the IDF eliminated the senior leader of the Islamic Jihad, Ahmed Abu Daqa, in an airstrike on his home in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip. According to reports in Palestinian networks, three other people were injured in the attack. This is the elimination The fifth among senior Islamic Jihad officials since the start of Operation "Shield and Arrow" earlier this week.

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Abu Daqa was the deputy of Ali Ali , commander of the rocket array of the Islamic Jihad organization, who was also killed this morning. Abu Deka commanded the firing of rockets towards Israeli territory in recent days, in particular the Sderot area, and the day-to-day management of the force. In addition, he took part in the force's shooting barrages in Operation "Guardian of the Walls" and Operation "Dawn" towards the Israeli rear.

Pictures of the targeted house in the town of Bani Suheila in Khanyounis, south of the Gaza Strip, in which a martyr was killed and 3 others injured pic.twitter.com/ojQ3hG8swR

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The commander of the Southern Command, Major General Eliezer Toledano, said of the attack: "We identified Abu Daka two days ago in Khan Yunis, but because he was with his family, we waited for him to be separated from his family. He moved between apartments in Khan Yunis. We took risks that no more harm would be done beyond where he died from injuries on the way to hospital".

Earlier today, IDF spokesman Brigadier General Daniel Hagari referred to the objectives of the operation and the current security situation . In an interview with Nissim Mashal and Sivan Cohen on 103FM, he said: "This is the third day for Shield and Arrow. More patience and vigilance is required. We focus on both defense and attack, and we mainly focus on those who take initiative against the citizens of the State of Israel. And so it was in action tonight, the Chief of Staff and Chief The Shin Bet shoulder to shoulder in the hole, very accurate intelligence together with the Shin Bet locates a hiding place in Khan Yunis the head of the rocket array. He personally commands and is responsible for the 507 launches that took place in Israel yesterday. As a result of this attack, the head of the formation and two other activists who were with him were killed, they are the only ones killed. One of them is his brother, but they are active in the rocket array. We hope that this attack will disrupt, reduce the possibility of further attacks, but I estimate that we may encounter further such attacks."

Later in the interview, he said: "Our objectives in the operation were already achieved in the first seconds. We intended to kill the senior officials of the Islamic Jihad, those specific senior officials who would have destabilized the situation. We estimated that if we did not do this action, they would take us to more other events that could lead to a wide escalation In the action, we tried to restore stability. The one who is shooting at us right now is only the jihad, it is the only one, so we are only focusing on it."