IDF claims Islamic Jihad Rafah Brigade commander killed during airstrike in Rafah

The Israeli Defense Forces on Saturday claimed senior commander of the Islamic Jihad Rafah Brigade, Aiman Zaarab, was killed during an airstrike in Rafah.

IDF stated Zareeb was accountable for the Islamic Jihad Nukhba pressure’s assault on Kibbutz Sufa and the Sufa army submit during the October 7 ‘bloodbath’.

In an X submit, IDF stated: “Zaarab was one of many Islamic Jihad Rafah Brigade commanders, accountable for the Islamic Jihad Nukhba pressure’s assault on Kibbutz Sufa and the Sufa army submit during the October 7 bloodbath.”

IDF stated two others terrorists had been additionally killed in the operation.

“Along with Zaarab, two further Islamic Jihad terrorists who had been staying in his operational condo had been eradicated during the strike,” the submit stated.

UN reacts to Rafah operation

An Israeli army operation in Rafah “might result in a slaughter” and cripple lifesaving humanitarian work all through Gaza, the UN support coordination workplace, OCHA, stated on Friday.

Any floor operation would imply extra struggling and demise for the 1.2 million displaced Palestinians sheltering in and across the Strip’s southernmost metropolis, OCHA spokesperson Jens Laerke advised journalists in Geneva.

Echoing these considerations, the UN World Health Organization (WHO) stated that “Band-Aid” contingency plans have been made in case a full-scale army incursion does certainly occur, however they won’t be sufficient to forestall Gaza’s humanitarian disaster from getting worse.