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Senior Islamic Jihad commander killed in Gaza blast
(AP)
Updated: 2006-03-01 18:30
A senior Islamic Jihad commander was killed in a car explosion in Gaza on
Wednesday that witnesses said was caused by an Israeli air strike.
Palestinian security sources and medics identified him as Abu al-Waleed
al-Dahdouh, a senior commander of the group's armed wing. The Israeli military
had no immediate comment.
Local residents said an unmanned Israeli military aircraft fired at Dahdouh's
car and it exploded.
The incident took place hours after militants fired a rocket toward the
Israeli coastal town of Ashkelon. Such attacks in the past have drawn an Israeli
military response.
Israel has vowed to crack down on Islamic Jihad, which carried out two recent
suicide bombings in the Jewish state, and has killed several of its senior
commanders in the occupied West Bank.
The group also frequently launches rockets from Gaza into Israel.
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