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Research analyst focused on Palestinian armed groups and non-state actors in the Middle East | @FDD, @LongWarJournal.

May 27, 2018, 26 tweets

Video of IED detonation at #Gaza fence after it was placed by Islamic Jihad members awaiting IDF troops to come near it. #Israel

Wire cutters were left there to attract IDF soldiers to come near the IED so it would be detonated near them. #Gaza #Israel

A few more photos of the two dead. Seems the second PIJ member is too disfigured to be photographed.

Spokesperson of Palestinian Islamic Jihad: We know how to respond to this dangerous aggressive #Israel|i escalation and that is our right. #Gaza

Daoud Shihab, Palestinian Islamic Jihad spokesperson statement is a hint they may retaliate against #Israel for killing PIJ members in the middle of an operation. #Gaza

I rotated the video so it’s easier to see the explosion. I got the idea from @JudahAriGross.

Reports of IAF activity over the skies of #Gaza (more than the normal amount.) #Israel

Palestinian Islamic Jihad member, Abdul Halim Camel, killed today by an IDF tank shell. #Gaza #Israel

Video from inside the European hospital where Palestinian Islamic Jihad members bodies are being kept. #Gaza #Israel

This is what is left of the observation tower where two Palestinian Islamic Jihad members were in when they were targeted by an IDF tank shell today. #Israel #Gaza

Family members visiting the dead Palestinian Islamic Jihad members at the European hospital. #Gaza #Israel

Video of observation tower targeted by an IDF tank this morning that killed two Palestinian Islamic Jihad members. #Israel #Gaza

Palestinian Islamic Jihad this morning after the killing of two of their members. #Gaza #Israel

Some more pictures of the observation tower hit by an IDF tank shell killing two PIJ members. #Israel #Gaza

Both Islamic Jihad members will be buried shortly. #Gaza #Israel

I imagine Islamic Jihad graphics artists are working hard at the moment making posters of the two members who were killed. Have to make them look perfect on the martyrdom banners that will surely be strung up during the funeral. #Israel #Gaza

Palestinian Islamic Jihad releases full statement regarding two of it’s members killed this morning as an IDF tank shell hit their observation post. #Gaza #Israel

Statement: The Al-Quds Brigades applauds the fighters Abdul Halim Al-Naqa and Hussein Al-Amour, who were martyred by Zionist shelling east of Rafah.
PIJ stresses its conflict w/ the Zionist enemy is open, and this enemy will not succeed in imposing a new equation..” #Gaza #Israel

Funeral procession is about to begin for the two PIJ members killed this morning. #Gaza #Israel

Islamic Jihad members being moved for their funeral. You can see the first casket is closed. The damage to his body must have been severe to warrant this. #Gaza #Israel

One of the PIJ members being moved for his funeral.

Most if not all observation posts along the #Gaza Strip manned by Islamic resistance groups have been emptied. #Hama #PIJ #Gaza #Israel

The moment when Islamic Jihad members were brought into the European hospital this morning after being struck by a tank shell while they were in an observation post. #Gaza #Israel

FYI: This gentleman is Daoud Shihab. He is the spokesperson for Palestinian Islamic Jihad in #Gaza.

The funeral procession has begun for one of the Islamic Jihad member. #Gaza

The leader of the Islamic Jihad movement Nafez Azzam: “Today's martyrs are a sacrifice in this long march against the occupation. The Palestinians are living in pain because the Arab nations have not done its duty for the Palestinian cause.”

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