Editing Tayseer al-Jabari (section)

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'''Tayseer al-Jabari''' (died August 5, 2022) was a Palestinian military commander and high-ranking member of [[Palestinian Islamic Jihad]] who was killed in an Israeli airstrike in August 2022.

al-Jabari succeeded [[Baha Abu al-Ata]] as head of PIJ's military division in 2019 after al-Ata was killed in an airstrike. He has been described as being in charge of the group's anti-tank weapons and several military divisions, and as a major leader of PIJ. 

On May 7 and 10, 2021, the Israeli police stormed the al-Aqsa Mosque and injured several hundred Palestinian worshippers in an act of [[police brutality]]. This was followed by several clashes between Palestinians and the police that resulted in more injuries and even a few deaths. In response, [[Hamas]] and the PIJ carried out a series of rocket attacks against Israel, resulting in 13 deaths and 200 injuries. al-Jabari is reported to have overseen the launching of hundreds of missiles during these attacks. Also during the conflict a division lead by al-Jabari allegedly fired on an Israeli civilian vehicle near the Gaza border, wounding one of the occupants.

In August 2022, Israel launched Operation Breaking Dawn to strike against PIJ. al-Jabari was one of the PIJ leaders targeted during the operation. On August 5, al-Jabari's apartment was destroyed by an Israeli missile, killing him. Israel stated that the killing followed several days of surveillance showing that al-Jabari's anti-tank divisions were preparing an attack on the Israeli border in retaliation for the arrest of PIJ commander [[Bassam al-Saadi]]. PIJ leader [[Ziyad al-Nakhalah]] vowed to avenge his death.
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