The Israeli Army claims to have killed the leader of the military wing of the Popular Resistance Committees in an attack in Rafah
MADRID, 19 Oct. (EUROPA PRESS) –
The Israeli Army killed this Thursday Jamila Abdullah Taha al Shanti, a member of the Palestinian Legislative Council – the Palestinian Parliament – and founder of the women’s branch of the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas), in a new bombing carried out against the Strip. from Gaza.
“The Legislative Council regrets the death of the deputy Yamila al Shanti, who was killed today at dawn by bombings by the occupation in the Gaza Strip,” reads a statement shared by the Palestinian newspaper ‘Filastin’, linked to the armed group, through his Telegram channel.
The parliamentarian, 68, is the widow of Abdelaziz al Rantisi, co-founder of the Palestinian Islamist group with Sheikh Ahmed Yasin and killed in April 2004 in an air attack carried out by the Israeli Army against the house of his brother Ayad — who also died– in Gaza City.
Al Shanti was the woman who ran in the highest position – third – on the Change and Reform lists, made up mainly of Hamas members, in the elections held in 2006, in which the Islamist movement won. Although the group’s victory led Israel and the United States to decide to reject the results and maintain contacts with Mahmud Abbas, president of the Palestinian Authority and member of Al Fatah.
Although the leader of Hamas’s political wing, Ismail Haniye, formed a government months later, Israel’s operations against Gaza in response to the kidnapping of Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit and intra-Palestinian tensions led to clashes that ended with Hamas has been in charge of the Strip since 2007, while Fatah directs policies in the West Bank.
Therefore, the activities of the Palestinian Legislative Council were suspended in 2007 and remain in that state today, given that no elections have been held since then, partly due to differences between the groups and also due to Israel’s refusal to allow voting in East Jerusalem on the last occasion in which they were going to have gone ahead in 2022.
On the other hand, the Israeli Army has claimed to have killed the leader of the military wing of the Popular Resistance Committees, Rafat abu Halal, in a bombing against the city of Rafá, located in the south of the Palestinian enclave. The group – whose armed wing is the al-Nasser Saladin Brigades – was founded in 2000 and is considered the third most important in the Strip, after Hamas and Islamic Jihad.
Likewise, the Israeli Army has said it has destroyed “hundreds of Hamas terrorist infrastructure” during the attacks carried out over the last 24 hours and has explained that the bombing targets include “anti-tank missile launching points, intelligence infrastructure and operational headquarters.” , as well as “mortar projectile launching positions.” “Most of them were destroyed immediately after the launches towards Israel,” he said in a message on his account on the social network X, formerly known as Twitter.
“During the clashes, several operatives of Hamas’ Najaba force – the group’s special forces – who participated in the brutal assault on towns around the Gaza Strip have been eliminated and more than ten terrorists have been eliminated in one attack. by fighter jets,” the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) have settled.
Israeli authorities have confirmed nearly 1,400 dead and about 200 kidnapped as a result of the attack carried out on October 7 by Hamas, backed by Islamic Jihad. For their part, the Palestinian authorities have raised the death toll from Israeli bombings against the Strip to nearly 3,500, on which the IDF could be considering a ground offensive with the aim of eliminating or significantly degrading the capabilities of Hamas.
