Posted on 12/01/2023 10:52:40 AM PST by SJackson
TEL AVIV—Israel’s intelligence services are preparing to kill Hamas leaders around the world when the nation’s war in the Gaza Strip winds down, setting the stage for a yearslong campaign to hunt down militants responsible for the Oct. 7 massacres, Israeli officials said.
With orders from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel’s top spy agencies are working on plans to hunt down Hamas leaders living in Lebanon, Turkey and Qatar, the small Gulf nation that has allowed the group to run a political office in Doha for a decade, the officials said.
The assassination campaign would be an extension of Israel’s decadeslong clandestine operations that have become the subject of both Hollywood legend and worldwide condemnation. Israeli assassins have hunted Palestinian militants in Beirut while dressed as women, and killed a Hamas leader in Dubai while disguised as tourists. Israel has used a car bomb to assassinate a Hezbollah leader in Syria and a remote-controlled rifle to kill a nuclear scientist in Iran, according to former Israeli officials.
For years, countries such as Qatar, Lebanon, Iran, Russia and Turkey have provided Hamas, a U.S.-designated terrorist group, with a measure of protection. And Israel has at times refrained from targeting the Palestinian militants to avoid creating diplomatic crises.
The new plans would mark a second chance for Netanyahu, who ordered a botched 1997 attempt to poison Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal in Jordan. The well-documented attempt instead led to the release of Hamas’s spiritual leader, Sheikh Ahmed Yassin.
To the consternation of some Israeli officials who want the latest plans to remain a mystery, Netanyahu telegraphed his intentions in a nationwide address on Nov. 22.
“I have instructed the Mossad to act against the heads of Hamas wherever they are,” he said, referring to Israel’s foreign-intelligence service.
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‘bout time
They did this to Black September after the Munich Olympic Massacre.
YUP!
KILLEM ALL!
Bttt
“when the nation’s war in the Gaza Strip winds down”
Why not NOW??? Why wait? Is there a strategic reason for waiting?
Israel should hunt them down and decapitate the snake with a single, massive, and simultaneous blow.
They need to be sure that the public is aware that it was a targeted assassination. A collection of severed heads might be just the thing and would send a message that these scum would understand.
Mossad has pretty much run out of Germans to track down.
Hamas will keep them busy for decades.
And, the Israels know very well the advantages and pleasures of the double-tap. Go for it.
The Hamas leaders aren’t stupid they probably realize what Israel is capable of and are in hiding with upgraded security making assassinating them difficult to impossible, let things quiet down in a year and when they drop their guard
Dead men walking.
Great news, why wait and why announce it other than to see which other rats scurry………..
With orders from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel’s top spy agencies
are working on plans to hunt down Hamas leaders living in Lebanon, Turkey and Qatar.
Yawn.
Who knew BeeBee’s reelection chances were that bad?
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Wouldn't be a bad thing to send a similar message to the Iranian proxies shelling our troops in Syria and Iraq.
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Plenty of targets in Gaza. I’m sure Mossad is busy identifying them. I think sending the message is good, both for those already elsewhere and those planning on fleeing when the time is right.
Stop Talking and Just Do It!!!!
SHOULD HAVE ALREADY HAPPENED.
I wonder if this threat is possibly a way for Israel to get these Hamas guys out in the open?
I wonder if Israel’s threat will spook Hamas leadership into coming out from under cover and make them more vulnerable to being whacked?
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