Islamic Jihad Activist Killed In Gaza Explosion

By Staff Reporter
Posted on 05/02/16 | News Source: Times of Israel

Two other members of the terror group wounded in mysterious blast

A Palestinian activist in the Islamic Jihad terror group was killed Monday, and two others were injured, when a bomb exploded east of the Jabaliya refugee camp in the northern Gaza Strip.

The Palestinian Health Ministry named the man as 30-year-old Mazen Muhammed Lulu, from the Shejaiya district in the eastern Strip.

The circumstances surrounding the blast were not immediately clear.

According to Palestinian reports, Lulu was a fighter in the al-Quds Brigades, the armed wing of Islamic Jihad.

A statement released by the group mourned the death of Lulu, saying he was killed “as he carried out his duty of jihad.”

The Iran-backed Islamic Jihad is the second-strongest armed movement in the Gaza Strip, after Hamas.