Lebanese media reports senior al-Jama’a al-Islamiyya commander killed in strike

Lebanese media reports that the man killed in a strike in the Western Beqaa District this morning was a senior commander in al-Jama’a al-Islamiyya, or Islamic Group.

He is named as Muhammed Jabara.

Al-Jama’a al-Islamiyya, like Hamas, is a Sunni faction that forms part of the broader Muslim Brotherhood political network. The armed wing of the group, the al-Fajr Forces, has repeatedly targeted Israel from Lebanon in the current war, often working in conjunction with the Shiite Hezbollah.

The strike against Jabara took place in the village of Ghazzeh, around 40 kilometers (24 miles) from the Israeli border.

Source » timesofisrael.com