The Israeli army carried out new airstrikes in the Gaza Strip after launching a series of bombings early Tuesday morning caused the deaths of three senior Palestinian Islamic Jihad officials and 10 other peoplesaid an army spokesman.

“Recently, an Israeli army plane attacked a terrorist unit with anti-tank guided missiles in the southern Gaza Strip’s town of Khan Younis,” an Israeli army spokesman said without elaborating.

Twenty people, most of them civilians, were also injured in the heavy shelling.

Immediately, the Lebanese Shiite group Hezbollah, a staunch enemy of Israel, assured that the deaths of the three leaders of Palestinian Islamic Jihad strengthen the determination to continue the fight against the Jewish state until “total victory”.

“The assassination of resistance leaders will raise the awareness and unity of the nation, and will make it more resolute and firm when it comes to following through with the decision of holy war. and resistance until total victory is achieved,” the political and armed movement said in a statement.

JIP high commands Jalil Bahitini, Tareq Az Aldin and Jahed Ahnam were killed this morning in Israeli bombing of the Gaza Strip, which also killed at least 10 other people, including four children, and injured 20 others.

The Lebanese formation described the Israeli attacks as a “crime against humanity” and called on world governments, international organizations and “global awareness” to take “appropriate” measures to deal with such acts that “continue” over time.

The Israeli army has declared an emergency in 40 kilometers around the Gaza Strip and is preparing for an escalation of war that could last several days.

Response of Arab countries

The Arab League condemned the intense bombing of the Gaza Strip, which caused the deaths of 13 Palestinians, three of them leaders of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad (YIP), and left another 20 wounded in this attack framed “in the open war launched by the Israeli government”.

“This dangerous escalation is part of the open war launched by the Israeli right-wing government against the Palestinian people, their property and their sanctity to destroy any chance for peace and ignite chaos and violence in the region,” the statement said. official. Arab League Secretary General for Palestinian Affairs and Occupied Arab Territories Saed Abu Ali said in a statement.

In the same note, he asked the international community, in particular the UN Security Council, to intervene “immediately” to stop the Israeli attacks and “provide international protection to the Palestinian people”, alongside “the perpetrators of the Israeli crimes against Israel.” the Palestinian people and bring them to justice.”