Syria: Palestinian Islamic Jihad announces the death of one of its leaders in Damascus

The armed wing of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad announced the death of one of its cadres on Sunday near his home in the suburbs of Damascus, during an operation by

Israeli "

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Syria having joined the ranks of the al-Quds Brigades very early on, the statement said.

He was killed on Sunday morning by "

", according to the same source, who denounced a "

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"

" in the Qudsiya district, on the outskirts of Damascus, said a Palestinian Islamic Jihad official, who requested anonymity.

He will be buried Monday in the cemetery of the Palestinian refugee camp of Yarmouk, near Damascus, added this interlocutor.

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In November 2019, two people, including the son of a Palestinian Islamic Jihad leader, Akram al-Ajouri, were killed in an Israeli bomb attack in Damascus, according to official Syrian media and the Palestinian radical organization, including many leaders are based in Damascus.

Last month, 15 people were killed in an Israeli strike on the Syrian capital that targeted a neighborhood housing the headquarters of several security services, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (OSDH) said.

This is the deadliest Israeli strike on Damascus since the start of the civil war in Syria in 2011, the NGO said.

Israel has carried out hundreds of airstrikes in its neighbor since 2011, primarily targeting positions of the Syrian army, Iranian forces and Hezbollah.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday in the Council of Ministers that "

" had been killed by Israel last month.

“

” he added, without referring to the death of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad cadre.