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Israeli warplanes unleashed another wave of heavy airstrikes on the Gaza Strip Monday, destroying about 60 miles of militant tunnels and the homes of nine Hamas commanders — and also killing a senior Islamic Jihad leader, the military said. IDF spokesman Lt. Col. Jonathan Conricus told reporters Monday that it had assassinated Hussam Abu Harbeed, who commanded Islamic Jihad’s northern Gaza brigade and led attacks against Israeli soldiers and civilians for almost 15 years. In a statement, the IDF said Harbeed “was behind several anti-tank missile terror attacks against Israeli civilians.” One of those attacks occurred on the first day...

Qassam hits Sderot; 11 people hurt Rocket fired by Palestinian gunmen in Gaza lands near house in town; Magen David Adom paramedics treat 10 people for shock, one woman sustains mild injuries. Popular Resistance Committees, al-Quds Brigades claim responsibility for attack Shmulik Hadad At least 10 people suffered shock after a Qassam rocket hit Sderot Monday evening. One woman sustained mild injuries while attempting to take cover. The rocket landed in a local yard, causing some damage to a nearby building. The Popular Resistance Committees and Islamic Jihad's military wing, the al-Quds Brigades, claimed responsibility for the Qassam fire. Yard...

In a message posted to Islamist websites on Monday, the militant Palestinian Islamic Jihad group announced that "from today" it will no longer respect an eight-month unofficial ceasefire."Following the killing of Islamic Jihad's military wing al-Quds Brigades' leader Luai al-Saadi, we are free of the obligation to respect the ceasefire and will respond to the Zionist aggression" the group's message read. Israeli troops shot dead al-Saadi - most senior Palestinian militant killed since the start of the ceasefire - in Tulkarm on Monday. The previous day, they targeted an al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades member, Majed al-Ashkar, killing him in a raid...

30 Mar 2003 17:11:29 GMT Islamic Jihad say suicide bombers gone to Baghdad (Adds more Jihad quotes paragraph 8, background) By Mariam Karouny BEIRUT, March 30 (Reuters) - Radical Palestinian group Islamic Jihad said on Sunday it had sent a first wave of suicide bombers to Baghdad to help Iraqis fight U.S. and British troops. "Al-Quds Brigades brings to our people and nation the good news of the arrival of its first martyrdom (attackers) to the heart of Baghdad," a faxed statement from the armed wing of Islamic Jihad said. "This is to fulfil the holy duty of defending Arab...

Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon has given an order to assassinate Islamic Jihad chief, Ramadan Abdullah Shalah, according to a report in London’s Sunday Times. The report claims that Sharon on Saturday ordered the Israeli Intelligence - Mossad - agents to move the Jihad Head, to the top of its hit list. Shalah resides in the Syrian capital of Damascus. Israeli Defense Minister Saul Mofaz has joined the instruction to exert all efforts to harm the Islamic Jihad. “We shall hit terror, with an emphasis on the Islamic Jihad and the leaders of terror, wherever they shall be”, Mofaz said...