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In a statement on 7 August, the PIJ confirmed the death of Khaled Mansour, its commander in the south of the Gaza Strip.<ref name="auto"/> That day, rockets were fired at areas in the vicinity of Jerusalem, causing no damage but signaling resolve. Sirens blared in [[Abu Ghosh]], [[Mevaseret Zion]] and [[Kiryat Anavim]], and an IDF spokesperson stated that rockets headed to Jerusalem were intercepted.<ref name="ReutersJer">{{cite news |title=Palestinian rockets reach west of Jerusalem on third day of Gaza fighting |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/palestinian-rockets-reach-west-jerusalem-third-day-gaza-fighting-2022-08-07/ |work=Reuters}}</ref> |
In a statement on 7 August, the PIJ confirmed the death of Khaled Mansour, its commander in the south of the Gaza Strip.<ref name="auto"/> That day, rockets were fired at areas in the vicinity of Jerusalem, causing no damage but signaling resolve. Sirens blared in [[Abu Ghosh]], [[Mevaseret Zion]] and [[Kiryat Anavim]], and an IDF spokesperson stated that rockets headed to Jerusalem were intercepted.<ref name="ReutersJer">{{cite news |title=Palestinian rockets reach west of Jerusalem on third day of Gaza fighting |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/palestinian-rockets-reach-west-jerusalem-third-day-gaza-fighting-2022-08-07/ |work=Reuters}}</ref> |
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[[File:The PIJ's Rocket Misfire in Jabaliya.webm|thumb|Video published by IDF, which according to the IDF shows Palestinian rocket misfires over Jabaliya in northern Gaza which led to the deaths of several Palestinians<ref>{{cite news |last1=Zitun |first1=Yoav |title=IDF shares footage of alleged terrorist misfire that killed Gaza civilians |url=https://www.ynetnews.com/article/syjgor3a5 |work=YNet |date=7 August 2022}}</ref>]] |
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Approximately a third of the 449 rockets fired by the Palestinians on Friday and Saturday failed to cross the Gazan border and fell inside Gaza.<ref>{{cite news |title=Militants keep firing rockets at Israel as strikes in Gaza kill at least 24 |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/08/06/israel-gaza-rockets-islamic-jihad/ |newspaper=The Washington Post|first1=Steve|last1=Hendrix|first2=Hazem|last2=Balousha|date=6 August 2022|access-date=7 August 2022}}</ref> |
Approximately a third of the 449 rockets fired by the Palestinians on Friday and Saturday failed to cross the Gazan border and fell inside Gaza.<ref>{{cite news |title=Militants keep firing rockets at Israel as strikes in Gaza kill at least 24 |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/08/06/israel-gaza-rockets-islamic-jihad/ |newspaper=The Washington Post|first1=Steve|last1=Hendrix|first2=Hazem|last2=Balousha|date=6 August 2022|access-date=7 August 2022}}</ref> |
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Revision as of 12:48, 8 August 2022
Operation Breaking Dawn | |||||||
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Part of the Gaza–Israel conflict | |||||||
Targeted killing of Tayseer Jabari, commander in the Islamic Jihad Movement in Palestine | |||||||
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Combatants | |||||||
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Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Yair Lapid Benny Gantz Aviv Kochavi |
Ziyad al-Nakhalah Tayseer Jabari † Khaled Mansour † | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
2 IDF wounded[1] |
44 Palestinians killed, 350 civilians wounded[2] |
On 5 August 2022, Israel launched a surprise[3] series of airstrikes on the Gaza Strip targeting militants and infrastructure of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad movement (PIJ).[4] The operation, called Breaking Dawn (Hebrew: עלות השחר) by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF), and envisaged as lasting a week,[3] followed a 1 August raid on Jenin in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, in which Israeli forces arrested Bassam al-Saadi, a PIJ leader in that area.[5] Israel stated that the airstrikes were a 'preemptive measure' to thwart attempts by PIJ to retaliate for the arrest of al-Saadi.[6]
The initial attack resulted in the targeted killing of Tayseer Jabari, a military leader of the group.[7][8][9] On the second day, the PIJ commander of the Southern area of the Strip, Khaled Mansour, was also targeted and killed. Islamic Jihad stated that the Israeli bombardments were a 'declaration of war' and responded with retaliatory rocket fire towards Israel.[10]
The operations have resulted in the death of at least 44 Palestinians, including 15 children, according to the Gaza health ministry.[11][12] The IDF said that "several people including children" were killed as a result of a Palestinian rocket launch failure in Jabalia, while Al Jazeera reported 4 children and the BBC multiple children dead at that location, saying that they were unable to independently verify the Israeli claim.[13][14][15][16] On 6 August, Israel arrested 20 people in the West Bank of whom 19 were members of Islamic Jihad[17] and a further 20 on 7 August according to an unnamed Israeli official.[18]
A truce was provisionally agreed to go into effect as of 22:00 (19:00 GMT) 7 August, 2022. Both sides confirmed a truce as of 23:30 (20:30 GMT).[19]
Background
On 1 August, Israeli forces arrested Bassem al-Saadi, the Islamic Jihad Movement in Palestine leader in the West Bank. In the aftermath of the attack, amid heightened tensions, roads were closed in the south of Israel by the Israeli-Gaza border wall and reinforcements were sent south after threats of attack from Gaza.[9] On August 3rd, Khaled al-Batsh, head of the politburo of the PIJ in Gaza said: "We have every right to bomb Israel with our most advanced weapons, and make the occupier pay a heavy price. We will not settle for attacking around Gaza, but we will bomb the center of the so-called State of Israel."[20]
Early on 5 August, Tor Wennesland, the United Nations Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, reportedly visited the home of al-Saadi in Jenin and met with his family members as part of efforts to prevent an escalation between Israel and the PIJ.[21]
Later, Wennesland issued a statement expressing concern over the "ongoing escalation between Palestinian militants and Israel, including the targeted killing today of a Palestinian Islamic Jihad leader inside Gaza. This takes place amidst mounting tensions across the occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip in recent weeks." and calling on all sides to prevent further escalation.[22][23]
As Israel heads for an election for the fifth time in four years, Israel's caretaker leader, Yair Lapid, may gain or lose from events as he "lacks the security background many Israelis see as essential for their leadership."[24] Hamas "appears to be staying on the sidelines of this current conflagration"[24] and Israel has emphasized that its operation is "a targeted campaign against PIJ".[25]
Timeline
Israeli airstrikes early on 5 August targeted Tayseer Jabari, a PIJ military leader.[8][9] Palestinian medical sources said several people arrived at hospital after Israeli raids.[26] Among the ten people killed there were four PIJ militants, a five-year-old girl and a twenty-three year old woman.[16][27] During the early morning of 6 August, Israel arrested 20 people in the West Bank, of which 19 were Islamic Jihad members.[28] The next day, other airstrikes were launched in Gaza, killing five people, including two men in Khan Yunis and an elderly woman in Beit Hanoun who was celebrating a wedding.[29] The escalation continued as Israeli fighter jets dropped two bombs destroying the house of a PIJ member. Meanwhile, militants continued to fire rounds of rockets into Israel with no casualties reported.[30]
The Israeli Home Front Command warned civilians within a range of 80 kms of Gaza to prepare for rocket fire.[8] In response to the airstrikes, militants fired dozens of rockets into Israel, with the PIJ saying that it had fired more than a hundred.[31] As of 6 August 2022, over 160 projectiles were fired at Israel and Israeli civilians rushed into shelters. The Barzilai Medical Center treated 13 people for injuries.[32]
As of 7 August, UN humanitarian chief for the occupied Palestinian territories, Lynn Hastings, urged that "fuel, food, and medical supplies" be delivered to Gaza. Gaza's lone power plant is producing electricity for only a few hours per day while Gaza City’s main hospital reported "acute shortages of medical supplies".[33]
In a statement on 7 August, the PIJ confirmed the death of Khaled Mansour, its commander in the south of the Gaza Strip.[13] That day, rockets were fired at areas in the vicinity of Jerusalem, causing no damage but signaling resolve. Sirens blared in Abu Ghosh, Mevaseret Zion and Kiryat Anavim, and an IDF spokesperson stated that rockets headed to Jerusalem were intercepted.[34]
Palestinian rocket failures
Approximately a third of the 449 rockets fired by the Palestinians on Friday and Saturday failed to cross the Gazan border and fell inside Gaza.[36]
The IDF said that "several people including children" were killed as a result of a Palestinian rocket launch failure in Jabalia, while Al Jazeera reported 4 children and the BBC multiple children dead at that location, saying that they were unable to independently verify the Israeli claim.[13][37][15]
According to the IDF, it intercepts rockets headed towards Israeli populated areas with a 97% success rate using Iron Dome.[34]
Diplomacy
Egypt is reported as mediating between the sides.[38] Egyptian media reported it was preparing to host the PIJ in Cairo on 6 August 2022.[39] Palestinian UN Ambassador Riyad Mansour said that the UN Security Council will meet on 8 August to discuss the situation.[40] The meeting was requested by the UAE, China, France, Ireland and Norway.[41]
Following Egyptian mediation, a ceasefire effective from 22:00 (1900 GMT) on 7 August has been agreed according to Egyptian and Palestinian sources, although Israel and the PIJ have not yet officially confirmed this.[42]
See also
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