### [2026-05-17](/feed/2026/05/17/index.md)

##### Middle Eastern crisis
# An Israeli missile strike on an apartment near Baalbek kills a commander of Palestinian Islamic Jihad and his daughter. 




### Sources:

1. [AFP via ''Arab News](https://www.arabnews.com/node/2643961/amp)

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