Israeli Airstrike Kills 2nd Top Commander of Islamic Jihad Terrorist Group

Palestinians search through the rubble of a building in which Khaled Mansour, a top Islamic Jihad commander, was killed following an Israeli airstrike in Rafah, southern Gaza strip, on Aug. 7, 2022. Yousef Masoud/AP Photo

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip—Israel said Sunday that it killed a senior Islamic Jihad commander in Gaza, the second such targeted attack since it launched its high-stakes military offensive against the terrorist group just before the weekend.

The Iran-backed terrorist group has fired hundreds of rockets at Israel in response.