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A girl stands outside a damaged house where senior Palestinian Islamic Jihad commander Jihad Ghannam and his wife Wafa were killed in an Israeli strike, in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip on Tuesday.
Credit: IBRAHEEM ABU MUSTAFA/ REUTERS Published by Haaretz

The wife and son of senior Palestinian Islamic Jihad commander Tareq Izzeldeen, who was killed in Israeli strike along with two of his children, react during his funeral in Gaza City, on Tuesday. Credit: MOHAMMED SALEM/ REUTERS Published by Haaretz

Tareq Izzeldeen's children Ali and Miar. Published by Haaretz

Dr. Jamal Khaswan, who served as the chairman of the board of Al-Wafa Hospital. Published by Haaretz

Khalil Al-Bahtini, 44, Tareq Ezzeddin, 44, and Jihad Ghannam, 63. Published by IMEMC News
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by IMEMC News
May 9, 2023

Updated: The Palestinian Health Ministry in the Gaza Strip has reported, Tuesday dawn, that several Israeli airstrikes targeting several areas in the besieged coastal region have led to at least thirteen deaths, including four children and six women and family members, and at least twenties injuries. Twenty were injured, some seriously

Also among the dead, Dr. Jamal Khaswan, the Chairperson of the Administrative Board of Al-WAFA Hospital.

Update 2: The slain Palestinians have been identified as (More info will be added once it is available):

Names of Palestinians who were confirmed dead in the Shifa Medical Center in Gaza City:

Tareq Ibarhim Ezzeddin, 49.
Ali Tareq Ibrahim Ezzeddin, 9.
Mayar Tareq Ibarhim Ezzeddin, 11.
Khalil Salah Al-Bahtini, 45.
Hajar Khalil Salah Al-Bahtini, 5.
Laila Majdi Mustafa Al-Bahtini, 44.
Yousef Jamal Saber Khaswan, 20.
Dr. Jamal Saber Mohammad Khaswan, 53.
Mervat Saleh Mohammad Khaswan, 45.
Dania Ala’ Ata Adas, 19.
Eman Ala’ Ata Adas, 14.

Palestinians Names of Palestinians who were confirmed dead in the Abu Yousef Najjar Hospital in Rafah:

12. Jihad Abdul-Hafeth Ghannam, 62.
13. Wafa’s Shadid Ghannam (Jihad’s wife), 50.

Update: According to Maan News Agency, three of the assassinated Palestinians are Khalil Al-Bahtini, 44, Tareq Ezzeddin, 44, and Jihad Ghannam, 63.

Israel believes Al-Bahtini directed the firing of homemade shells from Gaza over the past month.

Ghannam is a leader of the Military Council of the Islamic Jihad, and Ezzeddin, from Arraba town near Jenin in the northern West Bank, is a senior leader of the movement.

As of May 9, 2023, this story is being continually updated. Continue reading at IMEMC News Source Link
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Israel Kills 15 Palestinians, Including Three Islamic Jihad Commanders, in Gaza Airstrikes

Four women, three children among Palestinian dead

by Haaretz
May 9, 2023

Netanyahu: 'We choose the time and the place to hit our enemies'
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addressed the nation on Tuesday evening, following a series of deadly airstrikes in the Gaza Strip.

Netanyahu said that Israel had prepared the airstrikes for several days. "I fully understand wanting to immediately hit back at whoever hurts us, but as the saying goes, 'By way of deception, thou shalt do war.'"

"We choose the time and place to hit our enemies. Since the beginning of 2023, we have thwarted over 100 attempts at attacks."

As of May 9, 2023, this story is being continually updated. See Haaretz News Source link for updates
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The Victims of Israel's Airstrikes in Gaza, Named

So far, three children and four women were killed in the overnight Israeli airstrikes on the Palestinian enclave which killed three Islamic Jihad commanders. With 20 injured, some critically, the numbers could soon climb

by Haaretz
May 9, 2023 2:23 pm IDT

In the early hours of Tuesday morning, Israel launched an airstrike on the Gaza Strip, killing 13 Palestinians, including three senior Islamic Jihad officials.

The Palestinian Health Ministry in Gaza says that 10 of the 13 victims were civilians, including four women and three children.

Tareq Izzeldeen, a senior Islamic Jihad militant, and his two children Ali and Miar, were among those killed in the attack.

Also killed in the strikes is Khalil Bahtini, commander of the militant group’s activities in northern Gaza and his five-year-old daughter Hajar. Leila Bahtini, a member of their family, was also killed.

Islamic Jihad senior official Jihad Ghanam and his wife Wafaa were also killed in the attack.

It was also announced that Dr. Jamal Khaswan, who served as the chairman of the board of Al-Wafa Hospital and before that in the same role for the Gaza Dentists' Association, was among the casualties.

His wife Mirfat and his son Yousef were also killed in the Israeli strike.

The names of two other casualties were also announced: Dania Adas and her sister Iman.

According to the health ministry, 20 other people were wounded in the strikes, including women and children, some of whom are in serious or critical conditions.