World Tribune — Principal at UN school was missile developer for Islamic Jihad

GAZA CITY — A United Nations school principal killed by an Israeli air strike has been identified as a leading developer of missiles for the Iranian-sponsored Islamic Jihad.

Awad Al Qiq, a science instructor and principal of the UN Relief and Works Agency school in Rafah, was said to have been one of the top missile, mortars and rocket developers for Jihad, the most active insurgency group in the Gaza Strip. The 33-year-old Al Qiq was killed in an Israel Air Force helicopter strike near the Egyptian border on April 30.