The IDF says it has eliminated a senior Palestinian Islamic Jihad commander in an

The IDF says it has eliminated a senior Palestinian Islamic Jihad commander in an airstrike in the Gaza Strip.

In a joint statement with the Shin Bet, the IDF says Mamdouh Lulu served as an assistant to the commanders of the Islamic Jihad's northern Gaza division.

The statement says Lulu also maintained contact with Islamic Jihad officials abroad.

"Lulu was a central figure in the Palestinian Islamic Jihad, initiating and leading numerous terror attacks and assaults from Gaza against the State of Israel, routinely and during the war," the joint statement adds.

The IDF releases footage showing the strike.