Israeli intelligence is preparing to hunt down Hamas leaders around the world after the end of the war in Gaza. According to Netanyahu's orders, Israel's top spy agency is working on a plan to hunt down Hamas leaders living in Lebanon, Turkey and Qatar, these ** said. December Creation Incentive Program
Israel has a decades-long history of secret assassinations, with its assassins hunting down Palestinian militants in Beirut disguised as ** and killing a Hamas leader in Dubai disguised as tourists.
Israel has used car bombs to assassinate Allah leaders in Syria and remote-controlled rifles to kill nuclear scientists in Iran, according to former Israeli claims.
For years, countries such as Qatar, Lebanon, Iran, Russia and Turkey have provided a degree of protection to Hamas, a group that the United States considers a terrorist organization. Israel, on the other hand, does not sometimes target Palestinian militants in order to avoid creating a diplomatic crisis.
Netanyahu had ordered the poisoning of Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal in Jordan in 1997, but failed, and later released Sheikh Ahmed Yassin, the spiritual leader of Hamas, for his release.
Netanyahu made his intentions clear in his November 22 address to the nation, much to the consternation of some Israel** who would have preferred to keep the plan a secret.
He said"I have instructed the Mossad to take action against Hamas leaders, wherever they may be. "
In the same speech, Defense Minister Yoaf Galant said that the Hamas leadership was used"borrowed time"Life.
He said"They have already been marked dead. The fight is global, both in Gaza and for those in expensive planes"
While Israel usually tries to keep such operations as secretive as possible, this time it seems to have little reservations about the plan, as it did in the aftermath of the terrorist attack that killed 11 Israeli athletes and coaches at the 1972 Munich Olympics.
Israel is already working to kill or capture Hamas leaders in Gaza, and the question now is not whether to kill Hamas leaders elsewhere in the world, but how to do so, these said.
Targeted killings abroad may be contrary to international law and may be countered by the State in which the assassin is located. But in reality, Israel and the United States have been carrying out targeted killings and have not been affected much.
Some Israel** want to launch an immediate operation to kill Messhar and other Hamas leaders living abroad. The previous paragraph showed Meshar and other Hamas leaders, including its top political leader, Ismail Niyah, celebrating and praying in one of their offices, while the live news coverage of the October 7 attack was particularly infuriating.
Israel has not carried out any targeted killings in Qatar, and doing so after 7 October could undermine efforts to negotiate the release of the hostages, but plans continue.
Qatar has become the epicenter of hostage talks, and earlier this week, Mossad chief David Barnier met with intelligence chief William Burns in Doha for more discussions. Doha has facilitated the release of dozens of Israeli hostages held by militants in Gaza in exchange for the release of Palestinians held in Israeli prisons.
According to Israel, there are still more than 130 hostages in Gaza.
Netanyahu's vow to hunt down Hamas leaders around the world has sparked controversy among former intelligence **.
Former Mossad chief Eflem Halewe called it unwise. He said that killing Hamas leaders would not eliminate the threat, but could provoke followers to accelerate the creation of a more serious threat.
Halevi said"Hunting Hamas across the globe and trying to systematically purge all its leaders from this world is a desire for revenge, not a desire to achieve strategic goals. "
He called the plan"Far-fetched"。
Amos Yadlin, a retired Israeli general who once led the military's intelligence agency, said the campaign"It is required by justice"。
Yadlin said"All Hamas leaders, all those who participated in the attack, planned the attack, ordered the attack should be brought to justice or eliminated. This is the right policy. "
Israel has more experience in carrying out assassinations around the globe than any other country. According to the book "Rise Up, Kill First" by Israeli journalist Ronin Bergman, Israel has carried out more than 2,700 such operations since World War II.
Even before the establishment of the State of Israel in 1948, Jewish militants killed European diplomats involved in the British administration of the Palestinian Mandate. In the 60s of the 20th century, Israeli spies used letter bombs to target former Nazi German scientists who helped Egypt develop rockets.
These actions can sometimes backfire. In 1997, Netanyahu, who was prime minister for the first time, ordered Israeli spies to kill Meshaal, the founder of Hamas, who was living in Jordan at the time. An Israeli team posing as a Canadian tourist into Jordan attacked Meshar outside the Hamas political office in Amman.
An Israeli hitman sprayed Toxin into Meshaal's ear, but he and another team member were captured before they could escape.
Messal fell into a coma, and Jordan threatened to end the peace treaty with Israel. Clinton, then the United States, pressured Netanyahu to send the head of the Mossad to Amman with the antidote that saved Meshaal's life to end the crisis.
Subsequently, Israel agreed to release Hamas's spiritual leader Yassin and 70 other Palestinian prisoners in exchange for the freedom of Israel** in Jordan**.
Mechal later described the attempted assassination as one"Turning point", helping Hamas gain strength.
And Israel's assassination of Hamas has been going on for years. In 2010, a team of Israel** flew to Dubai using forged European passports, where they disguised themselves as tourists and waited for Mahmoud Mabuhuh, the founder of Hamas's military arm who had led the purchase**.
Later surveillance footage showed members of the group, dressed as tennis players, tailing Mabu Huh to his room, where the Israelis suffocated the Hamas leader to death. Mabu Huh appears to have died of natural causes, but Dubai** eventually confirmed the identity of the assassination team and accused Israel of carrying out the assassination.
Israel's relations with the UAE were damaged and repaired after many years.
The deadly attacks on Israeli athletes by Palestinian militants at the 1972 Munich Olympics also established Israel's practice of secret assassinations as a policy tool.
called"Black September"The Palestinian gunmen who organized took a group of Israeli athletes and coaches hostage in the Olympic Village, and the two sides were in a stalemate for two days, and finally the West German ** rescue failed. All 11 Israeli hostages were killed.
In response, then-Prime Minister Meir ordered Israeli spies to hunt down and kill all Palestinian militants involved in the attack. This covert operation was called"Operation God's Wrath"and became the subject of Spielberg's film, which was nominated for an Oscar in 2005.
Israeli killers spent 20 years hunting down those involved in the Munich attacks. They killed Palestinians allegedly involved in the operation in France, Italy, Greece, Cyprus and Lebanon. They used remote-controlled bombs hidden in ** in France and killed targets in the streets of Rome with guns equipped with silencers.
Former Prime Minister Ehud Barak, who was then a young Israeli commando, was also involved in the years-long operation. In 1973, Barak infiltrated Beirut as a member of a group disguised as a member of the group, killing three people in a matter of minutes.
But"Wrath of God"The operation also led to one of Israel's most embarrassing covert operations in 1973. At that time, a team of Israel** killed a Moroccan waiter in Norway who they mistook for Palestinian militants involved in the Munich attack.
Six of the 15 Israelis** were sentenced to short prison terms for their involvement in the killings.