Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
Israel vs. Islamic Jihad: What is source of latest conflict and whether it could mean all-out war
Jotam Confino
USA TODAY
TEL AVIV, Israel – Israel’s assassination of a top military commander in the Islamic Jihad militant group in Gaza on Friday raised concerns that the conflict could escalate into an all-out war in the territory that is home to 2 million Palestinians.
Israel launched a series of airstrikes in an operation known as “Breaking Dawn" that killed Islamic Jihad military commander Tayseer Jabari, who was suspected in several terror attacks against Israel, a country roughly the size of New Jersey.
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