IDF ‘Shield and Arrow’ Ops: Who Are the Islamic Jihad Commanders Who Were Eliminated?

At 2 AM Tuesday, 3 leaders of the Al-Quds Brigades, the military wing of the Islamic Jihad, were killed simultaneously in their homes in separate areas of the Gaza Strip. They were Jahed Ahnam, Khalil Al-Bahtini, and Terek Az Aldin. Jahed Ahnam, 62, was considered one of the most prominent leaders of the Al-Quds Brigades, and one of the most wanted Jihad members since the second intifada of 2000. Ghannam supervised many military operations during the intifada, alongside Muhammad Sheikh Khalil, one of the brigades’ leaders, killing many Israeli soldiers and civilians in the Gaza Strip. Khalil was killed in…