Israeli army says it killed head of Islamic Jihad’s rocket unit in Rafah.

The Israeli army has said in a statement it killed the head of a special unit of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad in Rafah responsible for launching rockets and missiles at Israeli targets.

The army identified the victim as Ahmed Aish Salame al-Hashash and said he was killed in an air raid on Monday.

However, the group has not confirmed the killing.