A statement issued by PIJ’s military wing said its men were killed in “assassinations” that were carried out by the “Zionist enemy.”
The Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) organization announced on Sunday that 11 of its commanders and fighters were killed during the latest round of fighting with Israel, which ended with an Egyptian-brokered ceasefire on Saturday night.
The announcement came as senior PIJ and Hamas officials said that the Palestinian armed factions claimed they won the five-day fighting with Israel.
A statement issued by PIJ’s military wing, Al-Quds Brigades, said its men were killed in “assassinations” that were carried out by the “Zionist enemy.”
It said that the “blood of the martyrs will become fuel for the continuation of the confrontation and struggle until the liberation of Palestine.”Death of terrorist ‘heroes’ won’t stop Palestinian resistance, PIJ says
The group said that the death of its “heroes” won’t stop the “resistance” against Israel.
It identified the slain members as: Jihad Shaker al-Ghannam, 62, Khalil Salah al-Bahtini, 45, Tareq Ibrahim Izzaddin, 49, Eyad al-Abed al-Hasni, 52, Ali Hassan Ghali, 48, Ahmed Mahmoud Abu Dakka, 43, Mohammed Walid Abed al-Al, 33, Elayan Ata Abu Wadi, 37, Abdel Halim Jawdat al-Najjar, 22, Saed Jawad Farawneh, 28, and Wael Sabri al-Agha, 34.
