Israel assures that the campaign against Islamic Jihad will last "as long as necessary"

MADRID, 7 Ago. (EUROPA PRESS) -

The Israeli Prime Minister, Yair Lapid, and the Israeli Defense Minister, Benny Gantz, have assured this Sunday that the 'Dawn' operation that began last Friday in Gaza against the Islamic Jihad terrorist group will last "as long as necessary". "

"The Army, the Shin Bet and the security forces will continue to act against Islamic Jihad until we restore peace and eliminate the threat to children living in the Gaza border region," the defense minister said.

Meanwhile, air-raid sirens sounded this Sunday in the Jerusalem area for the first time since the start of the conflict, and again in Gaza border communities after almost six hours of silence.

The Israeli Army has estimated this Sunday that Islamic Jihad has launched more than 580 rockets towards Israel since the beginning of Operation 'Dawn', which has already claimed the lives of two commanders of the terrorist organization: Khaled Mansur and Taisir al Jabari. The commander of the terrorist group's Rafá Brigade, Jatab Amassi, and Mansur's deputy, Ziad Madalal, were also reportedly killed.

According to the Gaza Ministry of Health, at least 29 people, including six children, have died since the start of the operation, according to a balance revised downwards this Sunday from the 32 provided last night. Among the more than 200 injured are 96 children, 30 women and 12 elderly people, according to the official Palestinian news agency Wafa.

No Israeli has died so far from the hundreds of rockets launched by the Islamic Jihad militias, according to the Hebrew government, which also blames the terrorist group for the death of four Palestinian children from the explosion of a rocket aimed at southern Israel, and that fell short.