According to the Palestinian Gaza Strip health department, the Israeli attack on the Gaza Strip today has killed 8 people and injured 44 people. According to Palestinian media sources, the Palestinian Islamic Jihad group Jehad has confirmed that a senior commander of its armed faction, the Quds Force, was killed in the attack.
The Israeli army issued an earlier statement saying that "due to the threat of Jerhad, the Israeli army launched a military operation code-named 'Dawn' against the Gaza Strip". The Government of Israel has asked people in towns on the Israeli side of the Gaza Strip border to stay as close as possible to their homes or air raid shelters.
According to Palestinian media sources, the Israeli army dispatched warplanes and ground artillery to attack a number of targets in the central and northern Gaza Strip. Among them, Israeli warplanes fired missiles at a 7-story building in the central Gaza Strip.
