On May 9th, 2023, the IDF launched Operation “Shield and Arrow” in a targeted operation against the Islamic Jihad terror organization in the Gaza Strip.
The IDF targeted three senior Islamic Jihad commanders responsible for launching rockets toward Israel over the last month and planning further terror attacks against Israel. The IDF also struck Islamic Jihad terrorist infrastructure in the Gaza Strip, including weapons manufacturing sites and military compounds. The strikes were carried out with pinpoint accuracy based on real-time intelligence, while making efforts to avoid harming uninvolved civilians as much as possible.
All three senior Islamic Jihad members targeted in the operation were heavily involved in the terrorist attempts of the Islamic Jihad to harm IDF soldiers and uninvolved Israeli civilians, both from Gaza and in Judea and Samaria. Most notably, over 100 rockets were fired from the Gaza Strip toward Israel on May 2nd, 2023, targeting Israeli communities and leading to the injuries of several civilians.
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Since the Iranian Islamic Revolution in 1979, Iran has been working to disseminate its ideology across the globe by establishing, funding, and arming terror proxies to enforce the same radical ideology. A cornerstone of Iran’s and its proxies’ ideology is the encroachment and destruction of the State of Israel.