Israeli Air Force aircraft struck and killed Mosab Khalaf, a senior member of the Palestinian terrorist organization Jamaa Islamiya, in the village of Meidoun in southern Lebanon, the IDF said Friday evening.
According to the IDF, Khalaf was implicated in planning numerous terrorist attacks against Israel. The army added that Jamaa Islamiya has been actively plotting assaults from Lebanese territory, particularly targeting the Har Dov region and other northern areas of Israel.
The IDF said that Khalaf collaborated with Hamas' Lebanon branch to orchestrate these attacks. His elimination is part of Israel's strategy to impair the terrorist group’s ability to execute planned attacks along Israel's northern border.
(Yoav Zitun)