The Israeli military releases a video it says proves a Palestinian rocket was responsible for reported deaths of children in Jabalya • Sirens blare in the Jerusalem area as Jews mark Tisha B’av.
The Israel Defense Force Operations Directorate announced Saturday that all the Palestinian Islamic Jihad leaders have been killed following the most recent death of Khaled Mansour.
“The IDF officials held an operational meeting to discuss the challenges facing both militaries, and deepened operational readiness through strategic dialogue,” the Israeli military said in a statement.
Judah Ari Gross is The Times of Israel s military correspondent.
Israelis walk by graffiti reading, How many times did you seal the room and nothing happened, referencing Rafi Persky song, in regard to the Scud missile attacks on Israel during the 1991 First Gulf War, which Israeli feared would carry chemical or biological weapons. (Alex Lebac/Defense Ministry Archive)
An American Patriot missile defense system that was deployed in Israel in response to a series of Scud missile attacks by Iraq during the 1991 First Gulf War. (Noam Wind/Defense Ministry Archive)
Military officials in a command center wear gas masks during a Scud missile attack on Israel during the 1991 First Gulf War. (Noam Wind, Asaf Topaz and Michael Tzarfati/Defense Ministry Archive)