Gaza: Islamic Jihad commander killed in Israeli air strike

Armed group says Hussam Abu Harbeed, one of its leaders in Gaza, was killed by an Israeli air raid.

An Israeli air strike in Gaza has killed Hussam Abu Harbeed, an Islamic Jihad leader, the armed group said. The killing, on Monday, was likely to draw a fierce response from the group that is fighting alongside Hamas, the movement that governs the Gaza Strip. The Israeli military said in a statement that Harbeed had been “behind several anti-tank missile terror attacks against Israeli civilians”.