By: Chris Mitchell – CBN News; cbn.com
ISRAELI-GAZA BORDER – Late Sunday night, a truce between Israel and the Palestinian Islamic Jihad ended three days of fighting. It began when Israel carried out a preemptive strike against one of Gaza’s strongest terror groups that also sent a message to its sponsor, Iran.
Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid met with defense officials marking the end of Operation Breaking Dawn.
The action started late Friday afternoon.
“It began when we received clear, certifiable intelligence that a mobile terrorism unit was moving towards the border with Israel, with large anti-tank missiles,” said Maj. Doron Spielman, Israel Defense Forces (IDF) Field Spokesman.
“They were going to be fired at residential cars, possibly school busses, heading down one of Israel’s major roads. We were successful in eliminating that threat before they could carry out the terror attack,” Spielman told CBN News in an interview along the Gaza border.
Israel’s targeted strikes also killed the military head of Palestinian Islamic Jihad in northern Gaza and hit other selected terror sites.
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