IDF: Gazan ‘Doctor’ Killed in Drone Strike Was PIJ Bombmaker

June 27, 2024

by: JNS

Thursday, 27 June 2024 | An Israel Defense Forces [IDF] drone strike in Gaza City on Tuesday killed Palestinian Islamic Jihad [PIJ]terrorist Fadi al-Wadiya, who was involved in developing missiles for the Iranian proxy group, the army announced.

The strike was denounced by the Paris-based Médecins Sans Frontières (Doctors Without Borders) NGO, which named al-Wadiya as one of its staffers and claimed he was targeted while on his way to “provide vital medical care to wounded victims of the endless massacres across Gaza.”

Al-Wadiya served as the terrorist organization’s “source of knowledge” in the fields of electronics and chemistry, the IDF said on Wednesday.

“Always check to see who you’re hiring… Your colleague, Fadi Al-Wadiya, was a significant terrorist in PIJ,” the military tweeted.

“He advanced the terrorist organization’s rocket array, also known as a way to endanger the lives of civilians,” stated the IDF, noting that the incident was “just another case of terrorists in Gaza exploiting the civilian population as human shields.

Israeli Air Force jets and drones struck dozens of targets throughout Gaza on Tuesday, including booby-trapped buildings, attack tunnels, other terrorist infrastructure and gunmen, according to the IDF.

Israeli ground forces entered Gaza on October 27, following a weeks-long air campaign in response to the October 7 massacre. Jerusalem’s stated goals for the war are to destroy Hamas as a military and governing force in Gaza, ensure that it cannot threaten Israel again and free all hostages.

Posted on June 27, 2024

Source: (This article was originally published by the Jewish News Syndicate on June 26, 2024. Time-related language has been modified to reflect our republication today. See original article at this link.)

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