Russia’s Sputnik news agency reported that “Israel told Egypt that any response by Palestinian resistance would lead to a military escalation” following Israeli raids in the Gaza Strip earlier today.

In this context, the US website Axios indicated that “Egyptian, Qatari and UN officials have established contacts with Hamas, Islamic Jihad and Israel to try to avoid escalation”, stressing that “after the raids in Gaza, Israel sent messages to Hamas through intermediaries confirms that the operation only targets Islamic Jihad, noting that “after the raids in Gaza, Israel sent messages to Hamas through a number of intermediaries to avoid further escalation in Gaza.”

It was previously confirmed that two leaders of the Al-Quds Brigades, the military wing of Islamic Jihad, were killed – the commander of the northern region of the Al-Quds Brigades, Taysir al-Jabari. , and commander of an anti-tank missile system in northern Gaza, Abdullah Qaddum, during Israeli raids on Gaza.

Earlier in the day, the Israeli army announced that the Israeli army had carried out airstrikes in the Gaza Strip, noting that “a special case has been announced in the rear”, emphasizing that “we have launched a military campaign targeting the Gaza Strip.” Movement “Islamic Jihad” in the Gaza Strip under the name (Al-Fajr Al-Sadiq).

In turn, the Secretary General of the Islamic Jihad movement, Ziad al-Nakhla, considered that “this is the day for victory, and the enemy should expect a fight and no truce after this aggression, and today is a test of Palestinian resistance in the face of this aggression. “Aggression and we are going to fight and we ask God to grant success to the Mujahideen and pain will fall on the Israelis,” he declared, stating that “there are no red lines.” for this battle, and I declare this to the Palestinian people, and Tel Aviv will be under attack by resistance missiles.