Jordan is planning to "wipe the Islamic State from the face of the Earth"

In a clear and direct escalation of military activity against the Islamic State group, Jordan has reportedly launched 56 airstrikes against the terrorist group in the last three days in response to the brutal execution of a Jordanian pilot last week. + The attacks were a retaliation after the Islamic State group released a videoThursday showing the execution of captured Jordanian pilot Lt. Muath al-Kaseasbeh. Al-Kaseasbeh was burned alive while trapped in a cage. + The country's air force chief, Gen. Mansour al-Jabour, said Sunday that the nearly five dozen strikes hit "logistics centers, arms depots and targeted hideouts of their fighters," reports Al-Jazeera. The attacks were targeting the Syrian city of Raqqa, an Islamic State stronghold. + "We achieved what we were looking for: revenge for Muath," al-Jabour said, according to the Associated Press. "And this is not the end. This is the beginning."