There are several things that just don’t add up in this story. If the deceased was a Hamas commander, didn’t he ever go to Gaza? It would be so much easier and less messy to get him there. And why would Mossad steal the identities of real diplomats from their allies just to enter a relatively easy country? They wouldn’t. I’m sure they have countless untraceable false identities fully prepared that would get them into Dubai. It just doesn’t add up.
Maybe they could have hit him in Gaza, maybe not. Obviously this was an opportunity which either presented itself or was set up by various palestinians. You’ll note how most articles forget to note there have been three arrests, all palestinians. They were citizens with foreign passports, not diplomats. Like you my first reaction was that the Mossad would never do that, they’d use false identities. But I’ve been told it’s a common tactic, something to do with the electronic validation of name, birthdate etc. Don’t know it that’s true. Needless to say if Mossad did it, they didn’t expect any of this to be made public. But using real identities is a bit scary. The diplomatic passport thing makes no sense to me either. On the one hand the benefit of the diplomatic passport is a fast track through immigration, on the other I’d assume there’s a bit of scrutiny as to who you are. Stealing a diplomats identity, OK maybe that would work, but if the Mossad stole the identities named, none of them are diplomats. Home many diplomatic passports do they process in Dubai. Nobody noticed? Nothing much adds up, probably never will, but it’s an interesting story. And if the “good” palestinians pulled this off to eliminate a Hamas operative and embarass Israel at the same time, good for them. Their American training is effective. Good to know, till it’s turned on us.