Israeli assassination of a Palestinian is a violation of an ongoing truce between Israel and the Palestinian factions in Gaza.

Israeli occupation forces announced on Tuesday at dawn targeting Palestinian house east of Gaza City, assassinating senior Palestinian leader, a statement by the Israeli army said.

Meanwhile, the Palestinian ministry of health in Gaza announced that two Palestinian people, man and woman, were killed in an Israeli strike at their home in Gaza, and two others were wounded.

Palestinian Islamic Jihad Movement announced that the Israeli occupation had assassinated one of its senior leaders Bahaa abul-Ata.

The Israeli army said that the assassination was approved by the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, claiming that Abul-Ata was responsible for launching rockets at the Israeli settlements around Gaza.

 

Source: Palestine Post 24