Israel Matzav

IAF targets terrorist

Security forces have named the targeted man as 24-year-old Hitham Mashal, a resident of northern Gaza. Mashal was active in multiple Salafi-jihadi organizations, and was a weapons expert linked to last month’s twin rocket attack on Eilat, security forces said.

The Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency) and the IDF jointly carried out Tuesday’s air strike, which occurred at 10 a.m.

“Mashal dealt in the manufacturing, upgrading and trade of firearms, particularly rockets and bombs, which he delivered to various terror organizations for profit, and to promote terrorism against the IDF and Israeli civilians,” the Shin Bet added.

Mashal provided arms to the Ashura Council of Holy Fighters in the Environs of Jerusalem, a global jihadi organization that fired rockets on Eilat and at the western Negev earlier this month.\

“Mashal was involved in promoting and carrying out [the Eilat] attack,” the Shin Bet said. “His activity was known to Hamas, which refrained from stopping him.”

Labels: car swarm, Eilat, Gaza, IAF, Palestinian terrorists, rockets

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