Baha Abu al-Ata

WATCH: Israel strikes Gaza headquarters of senior Islamic Jihad operatives

The headquarters of Muhammed Abu al-Ata were destroyed overnight, although he himself was not present at the scene of the airstrike.

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Palestinians gather at the site of an Israeli airstrike amid Israel-Gaza fighting in Deir al-Balah town in the central Gaza Strip, May 13, 2023.
ANOTHER BRICK in the wall: Inspecting the damage to a house following Operation Breaking Dawn, in the Gaza Strip, August 8.

Operation Breaking Dawn: What's changed in the Israel-Gaza conflict?

The buildup leading to this operation was somewhat similar to Operation Black Belt both in its target and in its effort to thwart planned attacks against Israelis.

|ByTZVI JOFFRE
THE IRON Dome defense system.

IDF on heightened alert as PIJ marks one-year since Al-Ata assassination

The anniversary comes on the same week as the death anniversary of former PLO leader Yasser Arafat and the deaths this week of Saeb Erekat and a Palestinian security prisoner.

|ByTZVI JOFFRE
‘EACH FLOOR had two apartments and each apartment had three rooms’: The home of Islamic Jihad commander Baha Abu al-Ata after it was hit by the Israeli strike that killed him, in Gaza City on November 12, 2019

Surgical precision - The story behind Israel's targeted killings

The inside story behind the November assassination of Islamic Jihad commander Baha Abu al-Ata in Gaza.

|ByYAAKOV KATZ

After a quiet night, a barrage of rockets strikes Israel

On Tuesday, Israel was pounded by close to 200 rockets following the predawn targeted killing of Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) Leader Bahaa Abu Al-Ata at his home in the Gaza Strip.

NOVEMBER 13, 2019ByANNA AHRONHEIM, TOVAH LAZAROFF, KHALED ABU TOAMEH, TZVI JOFFRE
Flame and smoke are seen following an explosion in Gaza City November 12, 2019

The IAF assassinated Bahaa Abu al-Ata during large scale military exercise

The writing was on the wall for Bahaa Abu al-Ata.

NOVEMBER 12, 2019ByANNA AHRONHEIM
An IAF F-35 plane at the bi-annual Blue Flag drill a massive exercise with pilots from the United States, Greece, Germany and Italy

Did Islamic Jihad try to shift Israel's attention away from the North?

Its Iranian-backed leader Abu al-Ata does what he wants, when he wants.

NOVEMBER 4, 2019ByANNA AHRONHEIM
Baha Abu al-Ata

Who is Abu al-Ata: The man behind rocket fire from Gaza Strip

While Hamas is the ruling party in the Gaza Strip, the group has in recent years been losing control over the street. And the vacuum is being filled by Ata, Tehran’s main man in Gaza.

NOVEMBER 3, 2019ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF, ANNA AHRONHEIM
Streaks of light are pictured as rockets are launched from the Gaza Strip towards Israel, as seen from the Israeli side of the border March 25, 2019