List of Israeli assassinations
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The following is a list of assassination
s and targeted killing
s reported to have been conducted by the State of Israel
. It includes attempts on notable persons who were reported to have been specifically targeted by the various Israeli security
, intelligence
and law enforcement
agencies.
It is disputed whether targeted killings are assassination
s. Some, such as Times
columnist Ben Macintyre
, say that Targeted killing is a euphemism
for assassination
, while others, such as the former Legal Advisor to the State Department Judge Sofaer, dispute this characterization. According to Sofaer,
Some of the listed killings were denied by Israel. Most fall within a series of campaigns, including Operation Wrath of God
(launched in response to the 1972 Munich massacre
), Israeli actions in the wake of the al-Aqsa Intifada
(2000–), and strikes during the 2008–09 Gaza War. The policy of targeted killings
is known in Hebrew
as "focused foiling" (Hebrew: סיכול ממוקד sikul memukad).
Assassination
To carry out an assassination is "to murder by a sudden and/or secret attack, often for political reasons." Alternatively, assassination may be defined as "the act of deliberately killing someone, especially a public figure, usually for hire or for political reasons."An assassination may be...
s and targeted killing
Targeted killing
Targeted killing is the deliberate, specific targeting and killing, by a government or its agents, of a supposed terrorist or of a supposed "unlawful combatant" who is not in that government's custody...
s reported to have been conducted by the State of Israel
Israel
The State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...
. It includes attempts on notable persons who were reported to have been specifically targeted by the various Israeli security
Israel Defense Forces
The Israel Defense Forces , commonly known in Israel by the Hebrew acronym Tzahal , are the military forces of the State of Israel. They consist of the ground forces, air force and navy. It is the sole military wing of the Israeli security forces, and has no civilian jurisdiction within Israel...
, intelligence
Israeli Intelligence Community
The Israeli Intelligence Community is the designation given to the complex of organizations responsible for intelligence collection, dissemination, and research for the State of Israel...
and law enforcement
Israel Police
The Israel Police is the civilian police force of Israel. As with most other police forces in the world, its duties include crime fighting, traffic control, maintaining public safety, and counter-terrorism...
agencies.
It is disputed whether targeted killings are assassination
Assassination
To carry out an assassination is "to murder by a sudden and/or secret attack, often for political reasons." Alternatively, assassination may be defined as "the act of deliberately killing someone, especially a public figure, usually for hire or for political reasons."An assassination may be...
s. Some, such as Times
Times
The Times is a UK daily newspaper, the original English language newspaper titled "Times". Times may also refer to:In newspapers:*The Times , went defunct in 2005*The Times *The Times of Northwest Indiana...
columnist Ben Macintyre
Ben Macintyre
Ben Macintyre is a British author, historian, and columnist writing for The Times newspaper. His columns range from current affairs to historical controversies.- Author :...
, say that Targeted killing is a euphemism
Euphemism
A euphemism is the substitution of a mild, inoffensive, relatively uncontroversial phrase for another more frank expression that might offend or otherwise suggest something unpleasant to the audience...
for assassination
Assassination
To carry out an assassination is "to murder by a sudden and/or secret attack, often for political reasons." Alternatively, assassination may be defined as "the act of deliberately killing someone, especially a public figure, usually for hire or for political reasons."An assassination may be...
, while others, such as the former Legal Advisor to the State Department Judge Sofaer, dispute this characterization. According to Sofaer,
When people call a targeted killing an "assassination", they are attempting to preclude debate on the merits of the action. Assassination is widely defined as murder, and is for that reason prohibited in the United States.... But killings in self-defense are no more "assassinations" in international affairs than they are murders when undertaken by our police forces against domestic killers. Targeted killings in self-defense have been authoritatively determined by the federal government to fall outside the assassination prohibition.
Some of the listed killings were denied by Israel. Most fall within a series of campaigns, including Operation Wrath of God
Operation Wrath of God
Operation Wrath of God ,This title was an invention of later writers, and was most likely not used by the Mossad itself. also called Operation Bayonet, was a covert operation directed by Israel and the Mossad to assassinate individuals alleged to have been directly or indirectly involved in the...
(launched in response to the 1972 Munich massacre
Munich massacre
The Munich massacre is an informal name for events that occurred during the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, Bavaria in southern West Germany, when members of the Israeli Olympic team were taken hostage and eventually killed by the Palestinian group Black September. Members of Black September...
), Israeli actions in the wake of the al-Aqsa Intifada
Al-Aqsa Intifada
The Second Intifada, also known as the Al-Aqsa Intifada and the Oslo War, was the second Palestinian uprising, a period of intensified Palestinian-Israeli violence, which began in late September 2000...
(2000–), and strikes during the 2008–09 Gaza War. The policy of targeted killings
Israeli targeted killings
In the course of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, the Israel Defense Forces use the term "focused foiling" against those it considers proven to have intentions of performing a specific act of violence in the very near future or to be linked indirectly with several acts of violence , thus raising...
is known in Hebrew
Hebrew language
Hebrew is a Semitic language of the Afroasiatic language family. Culturally, is it considered by Jews and other religious groups as the language of the Jewish people, though other Jewish languages had originated among diaspora Jews, and the Hebrew language is also used by non-Jewish groups, such...
as "focused foiling" (Hebrew: סיכול ממוקד sikul memukad).
1950s
| Date | Place | Target | Description | Action | Killer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 13, 1956 | Gaza Strip Gaza Strip thumb|Gaza city skylineThe Gaza Strip lies on the Eastern coast of the Mediterranean Sea. The Strip borders Egypt on the southwest and Israel on the south, east and north. It is about long, and between 6 and 12 kilometres wide, with a total area of... |
Mustafa Hafez | Egyptian Army Lieutenant-Colonel responsible for recruiting refugees to carry out attacks in Israel. | Parcel bomb | |
| July 14, 1956 | Amman Amman Amman is the capital of Jordan. It is the country's political, cultural and commercial centre and one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world. The Greater Amman area has a population of 2,842,629 as of 2010. The population of Amman is expected to jump from 2.8 million to almost... |
Salah Mustafa | Egyptian Military attache | Parcel bomb |
1960s
| Date | Place | Target | Description | Action | Killer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 11, 1962 | Munich Munich Munich The city's motto is "" . Before 2006, it was "Weltstadt mit Herz" . Its native name, , is derived from the Old High German Munichen, meaning "by the monks' place". The city's name derives from the monks of the Benedictine order who founded the city; hence the monk depicted on the city's coat... , Germany Germany Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate... |
Heinz Krug | West German rocket scientist working for Egypt Egypt Egypt , officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, Arabic: , is a country mainly in North Africa, with the Sinai Peninsula forming a land bridge in Southwest Asia. Egypt is thus a transcontinental country, and a major power in Africa, the Mediterranean Basin, the Middle East and the Muslim world... 's missile program |
Abducted from his company offices on Munich's Schillerstrasse, his body was never found. Swiss police later arrested two Mossad agents for threatening the daughter of another scientist and found that they were responsible for the killing. Part of Operation Damocles Operation Damocles Operation Damocles was a covert campaign of the Israeli Mossad in August 1962 targeting German scientists and technicians, formerly employed in Nazi Germany's rocket program, who were developing rockets for Egypt at a military site known as Factory 333... . |
Mossad Mossad The Mossad , short for HaMossad leModi'in uleTafkidim Meyuchadim , is the national intelligence agency of Israel.... |
| November 28, 1962 | Heluan, Egypt Egypt Egypt , officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, Arabic: , is a country mainly in North Africa, with the Sinai Peninsula forming a land bridge in Southwest Asia. Egypt is thus a transcontinental country, and a major power in Africa, the Mediterranean Basin, the Middle East and the Muslim world... |
5 Egyptian factory workers | Workers employed at Factory 333, an Egyptian rocket factory. | Letter bomb sent bearing Hamburg Hamburg -History:The first historic name for the city was, according to Claudius Ptolemy's reports, Treva.But the city takes its modern name, Hamburg, from the first permanent building on the site, a castle whose construction was ordered by the Emperor Charlemagne in AD 808... post mark. Another such bomb disfigured and blinded a secretary. Part of Operation Damocles Operation Damocles Operation Damocles was a covert campaign of the Israeli Mossad in August 1962 targeting German scientists and technicians, formerly employed in Nazi Germany's rocket program, who were developing rockets for Egypt at a military site known as Factory 333... . |
Mossad Mossad The Mossad , short for HaMossad leModi'in uleTafkidim Meyuchadim , is the national intelligence agency of Israel.... |
| February 23, 1965 | Montevideo Montevideo Montevideo is the largest city, the capital, and the chief port of Uruguay. The settlement was established in 1726 by Bruno Mauricio de Zabala, as a strategic move amidst a Spanish-Portuguese dispute over the platine region, and as a counter to the Portuguese colony at Colonia del Sacramento... , Uruguay Uruguay Uruguay ,officially the Oriental Republic of Uruguay,sometimes the Eastern Republic of Uruguay; ) is a country in the southeastern part of South America. It is home to some 3.5 million people, of whom 1.8 million live in the capital Montevideo and its metropolitan area... |
Herberts Cukurs Herberts Cukurs Herberts Cukurs was a Latvian aviator. He was a member of the notorious Arajs Kommando and was involved in murders of Latvian Jews as part of the Holocaust but he never stood trial. There are eyewitness accounts linking Cukurs to war crimes... |
Aviator who had been involved in the murders of Latvian Jews during the Holocaust | Lured to and killed in Montevideo by agents under the false pretense of starting an aviation business. | Mossad Mossad The Mossad , short for HaMossad leModi'in uleTafkidim Meyuchadim , is the national intelligence agency of Israel.... |
1970s
| Date | Place | Target | Description | Action | Killer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 25, 1972 | Beirut Beirut Beirut is the capital and largest city of Lebanon, with a population ranging from 1 million to more than 2 million . Located on a peninsula at the midpoint of Lebanon's Mediterranean coastline, it serves as the country's largest and main seaport, and also forms the Beirut Metropolitan... |
Attempted killing of Bassam Abu Sharif Bassam Abu Sharif Bassam Abu Sharif is a former senior adviser to the late Yasser Arafat and press officer of the Palestine Liberation Organization .... |
Member of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine is a Palestinian Marxist-Leninist organisation founded in 1967. It has consistently been the second-largest of the groups forming the Palestine Liberation Organization , the largest being Fatah... who held a press conference with Ghassan Kanafani Ghassan Kanafani Ghassan Kanafani was a Palestinian writer and a leading member of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine. He was assassinated by car bomb in Beirut, allegedly by the Mossad.- Early years :Ghassan Fayiz Kanafani was born in 1936 in the then Acre , British Mandate of Palestine... during the Dawson's Field hijackings Dawson's Field hijackings In the Dawson's Field hijackings five jet aircraft bound for New York City were hijacked by members of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine... justifying the PFLP's actions. |
He lost four fingers, and was left deaf in one ear and blind in one eye, after a book sent to him that was implanted with a bomb exploded in his hands. | Mossad |
| October 16, 1972 | Rome | Abdel Wael Zwaiter Abdel Wael Zwaiter Wael Zwaiter was a Palestinian translator assassinated as the first target of Israel's Operation Wrath of God campaign following the 1972 Munich massacre... |
Libya Libya Libya is an African country in the Maghreb region of North Africa bordered by the Mediterranean Sea to the north, Egypt to the east, Sudan to the southeast, Chad and Niger to the south, and Algeria and Tunisia to the west.... n embassy employee and PLO representative, considered by Israel to be a terrorist for his alleged role in the Black September Black September The expression Black September may refer to:* Black September in Jordan, the conflict between Palestinian guerrilla organizations and King Hussein of Jordan that began in September 1970 and ended in July 1971 with the expulsion of the PLO to Lebanon.... group and the Munich massacre Munich massacre The Munich massacre is an informal name for events that occurred during the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, Bavaria in southern West Germany, when members of the Israeli Olympic team were taken hostage and eventually killed by the Palestinian group Black September. Members of Black September... |
Shot by two gunmen in his apartment. | Mossad |
| July 8, 1972 | Beirut | Ghassan Kanafani Ghassan Kanafani Ghassan Kanafani was a Palestinian writer and a leading member of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine. He was assassinated by car bomb in Beirut, allegedly by the Mossad.- Early years :Ghassan Fayiz Kanafani was born in 1936 in the then Acre , British Mandate of Palestine... |
Palestinian writer and a leading member of the PFLP, and claimed to be one of the planners behind the Lod Airport massacre Lod Airport massacre The Lod Airport massacre was a terrorist attack that occurred on May 30, 1972, in which three members of the Japanese Red Army, on behalf of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine , killed 26 people and injured 80 others at Tel Aviv's Lod airport... |
Killed by car bomb. | Mossad |
| December 8, 1972 | Paris | Mahmoud Hamshari | PLO representative in France and coordinator of the Munich Olympic Games massacre Munich massacre The Munich massacre is an informal name for events that occurred during the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, Bavaria in southern West Germany, when members of the Israeli Olympic team were taken hostage and eventually killed by the Palestinian group Black September. Members of Black September... . |
Killed by bomb concealed in his telephone. | |
| January 24, 1973 | Nicosia Nicosia Nicosia from , known locally as Lefkosia , is the capital and largest city in Cyprus, as well as its main business center. Nicosia is the only divided capital in the world, with the southern and the northern portions divided by a Green Line... |
Hussein Al Bashir | Fatah Fatah Fataḥ is a major Palestinian political party and the largest faction of the Palestine Liberation Organization , a multi-party confederation. In Palestinian politics it is on the left-wing of the spectrum; it is mainly nationalist, although not predominantly socialist. Its official goals are found... representative in Nicosia, Cyprus |
Killed by bomb in his hotel room bed. | |
| April 6, 1973 | Paris | Basil Al-Kubaissi | PFLP member and American University of Beirut American University of Beirut The American University of Beirut is a private, independent university in Beirut, Lebanon. It was founded as the Syrian Protestant College by American missionaries in 1866... law professor |
Killed by two gunmen. | |
| April 9, 1973 | Beirut | Muhammad Youssef Al-Najjar Muhammad Youssef Al-Najjar Muhammad Youssef Al-Najjar , commonly known as Abu Youssef, was a Palestinian militant. Originally from Yibna, he began his involvement in the General Union of Palestinian Students. When the Fatah organization formed in the late 1950s, Youssef was an early activist, traveling to Qatar to form... |
Black September Black September (group) The Black September Organization was a Palestinian paramilitary group, founded in 1970. It was responsible for the kidnapping and murder of eleven Israeli athletes and officials, and fatal shooting of a West German policeman, during the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, their most publicized event... Operations officer and PLO official |
Killed during Operation Spring of Youth Operation Spring of Youth The 1973 Israeli raid on Lebanon took place on the night of April 9 and early morning of April 10, 1973 when Israel Defense Forces special forces units attacked several Palestine Liberation Organization targets in Beirut and Sidon, Lebanon... . |
Sayeret Matkal Sayeret Matkal Sayeret Matkal is a special forces unit of the Israel Defence Forces , which is subordinated to the intelligence directorate Aman. First and foremost a field intelligence-gathering unit, conducting deep reconnaissance behind enemy lines to obtain strategic intelligence, Sayeret Matkal is also... |
| April 9, 1973 | Beirut | Kamal Adwan | Black September commander and member of the Fatah central committee | Killed during Operation Spring of Youth. | Sayeret Matkal |
| April 9, 1973 | Beirut | Kamal Nasser Kamal Nasser Kamal Nasser was a Palestinian PLO political leader, writer and poet.-Early life:Nasser was born in Gaza to a Palestinian Christian family from Bir Zeit near Ramallah. He was educated at Bir Zeit school Kamal Nasser (1925 – April 9/April 10, 1973) was a Palestinian PLO political leader, writer and... |
PLO spokesman | Killed during Operation Spring of Youth. | Sayeret Matkal |
| April 11, 1973 | Athens Athens Athens , is the capital and largest city of Greece. Athens dominates the Attica region and is one of the world's oldest cities, as its recorded history spans around 3,400 years. Classical Athens was a powerful city-state... |
Zaiad Muchasi | Fatah representative to Cyprus Cyprus Cyprus , officially the Republic of Cyprus , is a Eurasian island country, member of the European Union, in the Eastern Mediterranean, east of Greece, south of Turkey, west of Syria and north of Egypt. It is the third largest island in the Mediterranean Sea.The earliest known human activity on the... |
Killed in hotel room. | |
| June 28, 1973 | Paris | Mohammad Boudia | Black September operations officer | Killed by pressure-activated mine under his car seat. | |
| July 21, 1973 | Lillehammer Lillehammer is a town and municipality in Oppland county, Norway, globally known for hosting the 1994 Winter Olympics. It is part of the traditional region of Gudbrandsdal. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Lillehammer. As of May 2011, the population of the town of Lillehammer was... , Norway |
Attempted killing of Ali Hassan Salameh Ali Hassan Salameh Ali Hassan Salameh was the chief of operations—code name Abu Hassan—for Black September, the organization responsible for the 1972 Munich massacre and other attacks. He was also the founder of Force 17... |
High-ranked leader in the PLO and Black September Black September (group) The Black September Organization was a Palestinian paramilitary group, founded in 1970. It was responsible for the kidnapping and murder of eleven Israeli athletes and officials, and fatal shooting of a West German policeman, during the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, their most publicized event... who was behind the 1972 Munich Olympic Games massacre |
Ahmed Bouchiki, an innocent waiter believed to be Ali Hassan Salameh, killed by gunmen. Known as the Lillehammer affair Lillehammer affair The Lillehammer affair was the killing by Mossad agents of a Moroccan waiter, Ahmed Bouchiki, in Lillehammer, Norway on July 21, 1973. The Israeli agents had mistaken their victim for Ali Hassan Salameh, the chief of operations for Black September... . |
Mossad |
| March 28, 1978 | German Democratic Republic German Democratic Republic The German Democratic Republic , informally called East Germany by West Germany and other countries, was a socialist state established in 1949 in the Soviet zone of occupied Germany, including East Berlin of the Allied-occupied capital city... |
Wadie Haddad Wadie Haddad Wadie Haddad , also known as Abu Hani, was a Palestinian doctor of medicine and the leader of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine's armed wing... |
PFLP Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine is a Palestinian Marxist-Leninist organisation founded in 1967. It has consistently been the second-largest of the groups forming the Palestine Liberation Organization , the largest being Fatah... commander, who masterminded several plane hijackings in the 1960's and 1970's. |
Killed by a poisoned chocolate, sent to him, which caused his death a month later. | Claimed to be Mossad (Israel never claimed responsibility) |
| July 26, 1979 | Cannes Cannes Cannes is one of the best-known cities of the French Riviera, a busy tourist destination and host of the annual Cannes Film Festival. It is a Commune of France in the Alpes-Maritimes department.... |
Zuheir Mohsen Zuheir Mohsen Zuheir Mohsen was a Palestinian leader of the pro-Syria as-Sa'iqa faction of the Palestine Liberation Organization between 1971 and 1979... |
Leader of the pro-Syria Syria Syria , officially the Syrian Arab Republic , is a country in Western Asia, bordering Lebanon and the Mediterranean Sea to the West, Turkey to the north, Iraq to the east, Jordan to the south, and Israel to the southwest.... as-Sa'iqa As-Sa'iqa As-Sa'iqa is a Palestinian Baathist political and military faction created and controlled by Syria... faction of the Palestine Liberation Organization Palestine Liberation Organization The Palestine Liberation Organization is a political and paramilitary organization which was created in 1964. It is recognized as the "sole legitimate representative of the Palestinian people" by the United Nations and over 100 states with which it holds diplomatic relations, and has enjoyed... |
Shot in the front of casino. | Mossad |
| January 22, 1979 | Beirut | Ali Hassan Salameh Ali Hassan Salameh Ali Hassan Salameh was the chief of operations—code name Abu Hassan—for Black September, the organization responsible for the 1972 Munich massacre and other attacks. He was also the founder of Force 17... |
High-ranked leader in the PLO and Black September Black September (group) The Black September Organization was a Palestinian paramilitary group, founded in 1970. It was responsible for the kidnapping and murder of eleven Israeli athletes and officials, and fatal shooting of a West German policeman, during the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, their most publicized event... who was behind the 1972 Munich Olympic Games massacre |
Killed by car bomb, along with four bodyguards and four innocent bystanders. | Mossad |
1980s
| Date | Place | Target | Description | Action | Executor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 13, 1980 | Paris | Yehia El-Mashad | Egypt Egypt Egypt , officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, Arabic: , is a country mainly in North Africa, with the Sinai Peninsula forming a land bridge in Southwest Asia. Egypt is thus a transcontinental country, and a major power in Africa, the Mediterranean Basin, the Middle East and the Muslim world... ian nuclear scientist, lecturer at Alexandria University Alexandria University Alexandria University is a university in Alexandria, Egypt. It was established in 1938 as a satellite of Fuad University , becoming an independent entity in 1942. It was known as Farouk University until the Egyptian Revolution of 1952 when its name was changed to the University of Alexandria... |
Killed in his room at the Méridien Hotel Le Méridien Le Méridien is an international hotel brand with a European perspective, formerly headquartered in the United Kingdom, with 130 properties. It is owned by Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide.... in Operation Sphinx. Marie-Claude Magal, prostitute, client of El-Meshad, pushed under a car and killed in the Boulevard Saint-Germain Boulevard Saint-Germain The Boulevard Saint-Germain is a major street in Paris on the Left Bank of the Seine river. It curves in a 3.5 kilometer arc from the Pont de Sully in the east to the Pont de la Concorde in the west and traverses the 5th, 6th and 7th arrondissements... . |
Mossad |
| August 21, 1983 | Athens | Mamoun Meraish | Senior PLO official | Shot in his car from motorcycle. | Mossad |
| April 16, 1988 | Tunis Tunis Tunis is the capital of both the Tunisian Republic and the Tunis Governorate. It is Tunisia's largest city, with a population of 728,453 as of 2004; the greater metropolitan area holds some 2,412,500 inhabitants.... |
Abu Jihad Abu Jihad Khalil Ibrahim al-Wazir , also known by his kunya "Abu Jihad" , was a Palestinian military leader and founder of the secular nationalist party Fatah... |
Second-in-command to Yassir Arafat | Killed in Tunis Raid. | Israeli commandos |
1990s
| Date | Place | Target | Description | Action | Executor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 20, 1990 | Brussels Brussels Brussels , officially the Brussels Region or Brussels-Capital Region , is the capital of Belgium and the de facto capital of the European Union... |
Gerald Bull Gerald Bull Gerald Vincent Bull was a Canadian engineer who developed long-range artillery. He moved from project to project in his quest to launch economically a satellite using a huge artillery piece, to which end he designed the Project Babylon "supergun" for the Iraqi government... |
Canadian engineer and designer of the Project Babylon Project Babylon Project Babylon was a project commissioned by the Iraqi president Saddam Hussein to build a series of superguns. The design was based on research from the 1960s Project HARP led by the Canadian artillery expert Gerald Bull... "supergun Supergun A supergun is an extraordinarily large artillery piece. This size may be due to a large bore, barrel length or a combination of the two. While early examples tended to have a fairly short range more recent examples sometimes had an extremely high muzzle velocity resulting in a very long... " for the Iraq Iraq Iraq ; officially the Republic of Iraq is a country in Western Asia spanning most of the northwestern end of the Zagros mountain range, the eastern part of the Syrian Desert and the northern part of the Arabian Desert.... i government |
Shot at door to his apartment | Mossad (speculation and denied by Israel) |
| November 5, 1991 | Canary Islands Canary Islands The Canary Islands , also known as the Canaries , is a Spanish archipelago located just off the northwest coast of mainland Africa, 100 km west of the border between Morocco and the Western Sahara. The Canaries are a Spanish autonomous community and an outermost region of the European Union... |
Robert Maxwell Robert Maxwell Ian Robert Maxwell MC was a Czechoslovakian-born British media proprietor and former Member of Parliament , who rose from poverty to build an extensive publishing empire... |
Media tycoon and former Katsa Katsa A katsa is a field intelligence officer of Mossad. He or she collects information and runs agents, similar to the case officer of the CIA.-Operation:... |
Drowned in mysterious circumstances while on Yacht | Mossad Mossad The Mossad , short for HaMossad leModi'in uleTafkidim Meyuchadim , is the national intelligence agency of Israel.... (Speculation) |
| February 16, 1992 | Lebanon Lebanon Lebanon , officially the Republic of LebanonRepublic of Lebanon is the most common term used by Lebanese government agencies. The term Lebanese Republic, a literal translation of the official Arabic and French names that is not used in today's world. Arabic is the most common language spoken among... |
Abbas al-Musawi Abbas al-Musawi Abbas al-Musawi was an influential Shia cleric and co-founder and Secretary General of Hezbollah. He was killed by Israeli forces in 1992.Al-Musawi was born in the village of al-Nabi Shayth in the Bekaa Valley in Lebanon.... |
Secretary-General of Hezbollah | Killed in his car convoy by missiles launched from two Israeli helicopters. | |
| June 8, 1992 | Paris | Atef Bseiso Atef Bseiso Atef Bseiso was the PLO head of intelligence. He was killed in Paris in 1992. Yasser Arafat blamed the Israeli secret service Mossad for the killing. This involvement, to date, has not been proven... |
Palestinian official involved in Munich Massachre | Shot several times in the head at point-blank range by 2 gunmen, in his hotel (Aaron Klein's "Striking Back") | Mossad |
| October 26, 1995 | Sliema Sliema Tas-Sliema is a city located on the northeast coast of Malta. It is a centre for shopping, restaurants and café life. Tas-Sliema is also a major commercial and residential area and houses several of Malta's most modern hotels. Tas-Sliema, which means 'peace, comfort', was once a quiet fishing... , Malta Malta Malta , officially known as the Republic of Malta , is a Southern European country consisting of an archipelago situated in the centre of the Mediterranean, south of Sicily, east of Tunisia and north of Libya, with Gibraltar to the west and Alexandria to the east.Malta covers just over in... |
Fathi Shaqaqi Fathi Shaqaqi Fathi Shaqaqi , alternatively spelled Fathi Shqaqi or Fathi Shiqaqi , was the Palestinian who founded and led the Palestinian Islamic Jihad organisation and was the initiator of suicide bombings.... |
Head of Palestinian Islamic Jihad | Shot and killed in front of Diplomat Hotel. | |
| January 6, 1996 | Gaza Strip Gaza Strip thumb|Gaza city skylineThe Gaza Strip lies on the Eastern coast of the Mediterranean Sea. The Strip borders Egypt on the southwest and Israel on the south, east and north. It is about long, and between 6 and 12 kilometres wide, with a total area of... |
Yahya Ayyash Yahya Ayyash Yahya Abd-al-Latif Ayyash was the chief bombmaker of Hamas and the leader of the West Bank battalion of the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades... |
"The Engineer", Hamas Hamas Hamas is the Palestinian Sunni Islamic or Islamist political party that governs the Gaza Strip. Hamas also has a military wing, the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades... bombmaker |
Killed by bomb in cell phone. | Shabak Shabak Sherut haBitachon haKlali , officially known by the acronym Shabak , officially known in English as Israel Security Agency , and commonly known in English as the Shin Bet , is Israel's internal security service. Its motto is "Magen VeLo Yera'e"... |
| September 25, 1997 | Amman Amman Amman is the capital of Jordan. It is the country's political, cultural and commercial centre and one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world. The Greater Amman area has a population of 2,842,629 as of 2010. The population of Amman is expected to jump from 2.8 million to almost... |
Khaled Mashaal (failed attempt) | Hamas Hamas Hamas is the Palestinian Sunni Islamic or Islamist political party that governs the Gaza Strip. Hamas also has a military wing, the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades... political leader |
Attempted poisoning. Israel provided antidote, after pressure by Clinton. Canada withdrew Ambassador. | Two Mossad agents with Canadian passports arrested |
2000s
| Date | Place | Target | Description | Action | Executor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 22, 2000 | Gaza Strip | Jamal Abdel Raziq | Senior official of the Fatah faction Tanzim Tanzim Tanzim is a militant faction of the Palestinian Fatah movement.-Overview:The Tanzim militia, founded in 1995 to counter Palestinian Islamism, is widely considered to be an armed offshoot of Fatah with its own leadership structure... |
Killed with driver, Awni Dhuheir, when their car was fired upon by IDF troops. Two bystanders in car in front of them also killed (Sami Abu Laban, 29, baker, and Na'el Al Leddawi, 22, student). | IDF Israel Defense Forces The Israel Defense Forces , commonly known in Israel by the Hebrew acronym Tzahal , are the military forces of the State of Israel. They consist of the ground forces, air force and navy. It is the sole military wing of the Israeli security forces, and has no civilian jurisdiction within Israel... |
| December 17, 2000 | Qalandiyya Kalandia Kalandia also Qalandiya is a Palestinian village and a refugee camp located between Jerusalem and Ramallah. In 2006, 1,154 people were living in the village of Kalandia according to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics... |
Samih Malabi | Senior Fatah Fatah Fataḥ is a major Palestinian political party and the largest faction of the Palestine Liberation Organization , a multi-party confederation. In Palestinian politics it is on the left-wing of the spectrum; it is mainly nationalist, although not predominantly socialist. Its official goals are found... member |
Mobile phone bomb. | It is unclear whether he had been killed by his own explosive device or by Israeli security forces. |
| February 3, 2001 | Gaza Strip | Massoud Ayyad | Lieutenant-colonel in Force 17 Force 17 Force 17 was a commando and special operations terror unit of the Palestinian Fatah movement and later of the Office of the Chairman of the Palestinian Authority. It was formed in the early 1970s by Ali Hassan Salameh .... , who allegedly led a Hezbollah cell involved in firing on Jewish settlements, plotting to kidnap Israeli soldiers and smuggling arms. |
Killed while driving in Jabaliya refugee camp by three helicopter-launched rockets. | |
| June 24, 2001 | Nablus | Osama Jawabiri | Member of al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade | Bomb planted in public phone | |
| July 17, 2001 | Bethlehem | Omar Saada | Izzedine al-Qassam Brigades regional commander | Two wire-guided missiles fired into his home. One other Hamas member killed. | |
| July 31, 2001 | Nablus | Jamal Mansour | High-ranking official of Hamas' West Bank political wing | Killed when office struck by helicopter-launched missiles. | |
| August 5, 2001 | Tulkarm | Amr Hadiri | Hamas student activist | Missiles fired at car. | |
| August 20, 2001 | Hebron Hebron Hebron , is located in the southern West Bank, south of Jerusalem. Nestled in the Judean Mountains, it lies 930 meters above sea level. It is the largest city in the West Bank and home to around 165,000 Palestinians, and over 500 Jewish settlers concentrated in and around the old quarter... , West Bank West Bank The West Bank ) of the Jordan River is the landlocked geographical eastern part of the Palestinian territories located in Western Asia. To the west, north, and south, the West Bank shares borders with the state of Israel. To the east, across the Jordan River, lies the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan... |
Imad Abu Sneneh | Leader of Tanzim Tanzim Tanzim is a militant faction of the Palestinian Fatah movement.-Overview:The Tanzim militia, founded in 1995 to counter Palestinian Islamism, is widely considered to be an armed offshoot of Fatah with its own leadership structure... |
Shot and killed. | Israeli undercover team |
| August 27, 2001 | Ramallah Ramallah Ramallah is a Palestinian city in the central West Bank located 10 kilometers north of Jerusalem, adjacent to al-Bireh. It currently serves as the de facto administrative capital of the Palestinian National Authority... , West Bank |
Abu Ali Mustafa Abu Ali Mustafa Abu Ali Mustafa , , the kunya of Mustafa Alhaj a.k.a. Mustafa Ali Zibri, was the Secretary General of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine from July 2000 until he was killed by Israel forces.-Biography:... |
Secretary General of the PFLP Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine is a Palestinian Marxist-Leninist organisation founded in 1967. It has consistently been the second-largest of the groups forming the Palestine Liberation Organization , the largest being Fatah... |
Killed in his office by two missiles fired from an Apache helicopter. | IAF Israeli Air Force The Israeli Air Force is the air force of the State of Israel and the aerial arm of the Israel Defense Forces. It was founded on May 28, 1948, shortly after the Israeli Declaration of Independence... |
| January 14, 2002 | Tulkarem, West Bank | Raed Karmi | Head of al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades The al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades is a coalition of Palestinian nationalist militias in the West Bank. The group's name refers to the al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem... |
Killed by blast. | |
| January 22, 2002 | Nablus Nablus Nablus is a Palestinian city in the northern West Bank, approximately north of Jerusalem, with a population of 126,132. Located in a strategic position between Mount Ebal and Mount Gerizim, it is the capital of the Nablus Governorate and a Palestinian commercial and cultural center.Founded by the... , West Bank |
Yusif Suragji | West Bank head of Izzaddinal Qassam Brigades Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades The Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades is the military wing of the Palestinian Islamist fundamentalist socio-political organisation Hamas. Created in 1992, under the direction of Yahya Ayyash, the primary objective of the group was to build a coherent military organisation to support the goals of... . Three other Hamas members also killed. Palestinian Authority claims it was an assassination. |
Killed in a raid on an alleged explosives factory. | Israeli army |
| January 24, 2002 | Khan Yunis Khan Yunis Khan Yunis - often spelt Khan Younis or Khan Yunnis - is a city and adjacent refugee camp in the southern part of the Gaza Strip. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics the city, its refugee camp, and its immediate surroundings had a total population of 180,000 in 2006... , Gaza strip |
Adli Hamadan (Bakr Hamdan) | Senior Hamas member | missile attack on car. | Israeli Air Force Israeli Air Force The Israeli Air Force is the air force of the State of Israel and the aerial arm of the Israel Defense Forces. It was founded on May 28, 1948, shortly after the Israeli Declaration of Independence... |
| February 4, 2002 | Rafah Rafah Rafah , also known as Rafiah, is a Palestinian city in the southern Gaza Strip. Located south of Gaza, Rafah's population of 71,003 is overwhelmingly made up of Palestinian refugees. Rafah camp and Tall as-Sultan form separate localities. Rafah is the district capital of the Rafah Governorate... |
Ayman Bihdari | DFLP Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine The Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine is a Palestinian Marxist-Leninist, secular political and military organization. It is also frequently referred to as the Democratic Front, or al-Jabha al-Dimuqratiyah... member wanted for 25 August 2001 raid in which three Israeli soldiers were killed. |
missile attack on car. Four other DFLP members killed. | Israeli Air Force |
| March 5, 2002 | Ramallah Ramallah Ramallah is a Palestinian city in the central West Bank located 10 kilometers north of Jerusalem, adjacent to al-Bireh. It currently serves as the de facto administrative capital of the Palestinian National Authority... |
Mohammad Abu Halawa and Fawzi Murrar | Wanted AMB members | Missile fired at car from helicopter. | |
| June 24, 2002 | Rafah Rafah Rafah , also known as Rafiah, is a Palestinian city in the southern Gaza Strip. Located south of Gaza, Rafah's population of 71,003 is overwhelmingly made up of Palestinian refugees. Rafah camp and Tall as-Sultan form separate localities. Rafah is the district capital of the Rafah Governorate... |
Yasir Raziq, 'Amr Kufa. | Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades The Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades is the military wing of the Palestinian Islamist fundamentalist socio-political organisation Hamas. Created in 1992, under the direction of Yahya Ayyash, the primary objective of the group was to build a coherent military organisation to support the goals of... leaders. |
Missiles fired at two cars. Four other Palestinians killed. | |
| July 22, 2002 | Gaza City | Salah Shahade Salah Shahade Salah Mustafa Muhammad Shehade , was a member of the Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas... |
Leader of Hamas Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades The Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades is the military wing of the Palestinian Islamist fundamentalist socio-political organisation Hamas. Created in 1992, under the direction of Yahya Ayyash, the primary objective of the group was to build a coherent military organisation to support the goals of... |
Killed by 2,205-pound explosive dropped by F-16. The attack also killed fourteen other Palestinians including his wife and 9 children. | |
| August 6, 2002 | Jenin Jenin Jenin is the largest town in the Northern West Bank, and the third largest city overall. It serves as the administrative center of the Jenin Governorate and is a major agricultural center for the surrounding towns. In 2007, the city had a population of 120,004 not including the adjacent refugee... |
Ali Ajuri, Murad Marshud | al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades The al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades is a coalition of Palestinian nationalist militias in the West Bank. The group's name refers to the al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem... members. |
Killed by air to surface missile. | |
| August 14, 2002 | Tubas Tubas Tubas or Toubas is a small Palestinian city in the northeastern West Bank, located northeast of Nablus, a few kilometers west of the Jordan River. A city of over 16,000 inhabitants, it serves as the economic and administrative center of the Tubas Governorate. Its urban area consists of 2,271 dunams... |
Nassa Jarrar | Senior Hamas Hamas Hamas is the Palestinian Sunni Islamic or Islamist political party that governs the Gaza Strip. Hamas also has a military wing, the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades... member. |
Rockets fired into house from helicopters. The victim was wheelchair bound. | |
| March 8, 2003 | Gaza City | Ibrahim al-Makadmeh Ibrahim al-Makadmeh Ibrahim al-Makadmeh was a Palestinian and Hamas senior leader in the Gaza Strip who was killed by Israeli forces. Makadmeh, one of Hamas' founders and a leader of the group's military wing, was accused of engineering several attacks that killed 28 Israelis... |
He and three of his aides killed by helicopter-fired missiles | ||
| August 21, 2003 | Gaza Strip | Ismail Abu Shanab | High-ranking Hamas official | Missile strike | |
| December 25, 2003 | Gaza Strip | Mekled Hameid Mekled Hameid Mekled Hamied was a top Islamic Jihad commander who was killed during an Israeli air strike on his car in the last week of 2003.-References:... |
PIJ commander. | Helicopter gunship attack on car. Two PIJ members and two bystanders also killed. | IAF |
| February 28 2004 | Jabaliya refugee camp | Muhammad Judah | PIJ military commander | Missiles at his car. Two passengers are also killed and eleven bystanders wounded. | |
| March 3, 2004 | Gaza City | Tarad Jamal, Ibrahim Dayri and Ammar Hassan | Senior Hamas members | Missiles from helicopter fired at car. | |
| March 22, 2004 | Gaza Strip | Ahmed Yassin Ahmed Yassin Sheikh Ahmed Ismail Hassan Yassin was a founder of Hamas, an Islamist Palestinian paramilitary organization and political party. Yassin also served as the spiritual leader of the organization... |
Co-founder and leader of Hamas Hamas Hamas is the Palestinian Sunni Islamic or Islamist political party that governs the Gaza Strip. Hamas also has a military wing, the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades... |
He, 2 bodyguards, and 9 bystanders killed by Israeli Air Force Israeli Air Force The Israeli Air Force is the air force of the State of Israel and the aerial arm of the Israel Defense Forces. It was founded on May 28, 1948, shortly after the Israeli Declaration of Independence... AH-64 Apache AH-64 Apache The Boeing AH-64 Apache is a four-blade, twin-engine attack helicopter with a tailwheel-type landing gear arrangement, and a tandem cockpit for a two-man crew. The Apache was developed as Model 77 by Hughes Helicopters for the United States Army's Advanced Attack Helicopter program to replace the... -fired Hellfire missiles AGM-114 Hellfire The AGM-114 Hellfire is an air-to-surface missile developed primarily for anti-armor use. It has multi-mission, multi-target precision-strike capability, and can be launched from multiple air, sea, and ground platforms. The Hellfire missile is the primary 100 lb-class air-to-ground precision... . |
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| April 17, 2004 | Abdel Aziz al-Rantissi Abdel Aziz al-Rantissi Dr. Abdel Aziz Ali Abdulmajid al-Rantissi ; 23 October 1947 – 17 April 2004) was the co-founder of the militant Palestinian Islamist organization Hamas with Sheikh Ahmed Yassin.... |
Co-founder and leader of Hamas, and successor of Ahmed Yassin as leader of Hamas after his death | Killed by helicopter-fired missiles, along with his son. | ||
| October 21, 2004 | Gaza | Adnan al-Ghoul Adnan al-Ghoul Adnan Al-Ghoul was the assistant of Mohammed Deif, the leader of the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of Hamas. He was eliminated in a targeted killing along with Imad Abbas when an Israeli Air Force Apache helicopter fired missiles at their car in Gaza on October 21, 2004... |
Hamas weapons expert | He and Imad Abbas Imad Abbas Imad Abbas was a senior member of the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas, until his assassination by the Israeli Defense Forces on October 21, 2004, in Gaza City.... killed when Apache helicopter fired missiles at their car. |
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| May 25, 2006 | Sidon Sidon Sidon or Saïda is the third-largest city in Lebanon. It is located in the South Governorate of Lebanon, on the Mediterranean coast, about 40 km north of Tyre and 40 km south of the capital Beirut. In Genesis, Sidon is the son of Canaan the grandson of Noah... , Lebanon |
Mahmoud al-Majzoub Mahmoud al-Majzoub Mahmoud al-Majzoub also known as Abu Hamza was a leader of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad. He was wounded in a car bomb blast in Sidon on May 25, 2006 and died the next day. His brother Nidal al-Majzoub also died in the explosion... |
Commander of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad | Injured in car bombing, and died the next day. Islamic Jihad blamed Israel, though Israel denied it. | |
| June 8, 2006 | Jamal Abu Samhadana | Founder of the Popular Resistance Committees Popular Resistance Committees The Popular Resistance Committees are a coalition of various armed Palestinian factions that oppose the conciliatory approach adopted by the Palestinian Authority and Fatah towards Israel... militant group, a former Fatah Fatah Fataḥ is a major Palestinian political party and the largest faction of the Palestine Liberation Organization , a multi-party confederation. In Palestinian politics it is on the left-wing of the spectrum; it is mainly nationalist, although not predominantly socialist. Its official goals are found... and Tanzim Tanzim Tanzim is a militant faction of the Palestinian Fatah movement.-Overview:The Tanzim militia, founded in 1995 to counter Palestinian Islamism, is widely considered to be an armed offshoot of Fatah with its own leadership structure... member, and number two on Israel Israel The State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea... 's list of wanted terrorists. |
Killed by Israeli airstrike, along with at least three other PRC members. | ||
| February 12, 2008 | Damascus Damascus Damascus , commonly known in Syria as Al Sham , and as the City of Jasmine , is the capital and the second largest city of Syria after Aleppo, both are part of the country's 14 governorates. In addition to being one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world, Damascus is a major... |
Imad Mughniyah | Top Hezbollah commander | Killed by car bomb. Some news reports indicated the Mossad was responsible, though Israel denied carrying it out. | |
| August 1, 2008 | Muhammad Suleiman Muhammad Suleiman Muhammad Suleiman was a general and Special Presidential Advisor for Arms Procurement and Strategic Weapons to Syrian president Bashar Al-Assad... |
Syrian General, and top liaison between Syria and Hezbollah | Killed by sniper fire. Israel never takes credit for the killing, but is widely suspected. | ||
| January 1, 2009 | Nizar Rayan Nizar Rayan Nizar Rayan was a top Hamas leader who served as a liaison between the Palestinian organization's political leadership and its military wing. Also a professor of Islamic law, he came to be considered a top clerical authority within Hamas after the death of Sheikh Ahmed Yassin in 2004... |
Top Hamas military commander and decision maker, who advocated suicide attacks against Israel | Killed in Israeli airstrike, along with his 4 wives and 11 of their children. He is the most senior Hamas member to be killed since 2004. According to Israel, Rayan was not the target, rather, the strike aimed to destroy Hamas’ central compound which included several buildings that served as storage sites for weapons. Israel further stated that phone warnings were delivered to the residents. | ||
| January 3, 2009 | Abu Zakaria al-Jamal Abu Zakaria al-Jamal Abu Zakaria al-Jamal was a senior Hamas commander.Abu was the second senior Hamas member to be killed in the 2008–2009 Israel–Gaza conflict after Nizar Rayan. He was killed by Israeli air strikes in Gaza on January 3, 2009... |
Senior Hamas military wing commander, and leader of Gaza City's rocket-launching squads | Killed in Israeli airstrike. | ||
| January 15, 2009 | Jabalia Jabalia Jabalia also Jabalya is a Palestinian city located north of Gaza City. It is under the jurisdiction of the North Gaza Governorate, in the Gaza Strip. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, Jabalia had a population of 82,877 in mid-year 2006... |
Said Seyam Said Seyam Said Seyam was the Interior Minister of the Palestinian government of March 2006. He joined Hamas, and became one of its top commanders. During the Gaza War, Seyam was killed in an Israeli airstrike in Jabalia.-Personal life:... |
Hamas Interior Minister | Killed in Israeli airstrike with his brother, his son, and Hamas general security services commander Salah Abu Shrakh. | |
| March 4, 2009 | Gaza Strip | Khaled Shalan | Senior member of Islamic Jihad | Killed in Israeli airstrike, in retaliation for Palestinian rocket attacks on the Israeli city of Ashkelon Ashkelon Ashkelon is a coastal city in the South District of Israel on the Mediterranean coast, south of Tel Aviv, and north of the border with the Gaza Strip. The ancient seaport of Ashkelon dates back to the Neolithic Age... . |
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2010s
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| January 19, 2010 | Dubai Dubai Dubai is a city and emirate in the United Arab Emirates . The emirate is located south of the Persian Gulf on the Arabian Peninsula and has the largest population with the second-largest land territory by area of all the emirates, after Abu Dhabi... |
Mahmoud al-Mabhouh Mahmoud al-Mabhouh Mahmoud Abdel Rauf al-Mabhouh was a senior Hamas military commander and one of the founders of the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades, the military affiliate of Hamas... |
Hamas Hamas Hamas is the Palestinian Sunni Islamic or Islamist political party that governs the Gaza Strip. Hamas also has a military wing, the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades... senior military commander, believed to have been involved in smuggling weapons and explosives into Gaza. |
Widely reported to have been killed Assassination of Mahmoud al-Mabhouh The assassination of Mahmoud al-Mabhouh, took place on January 19, 2010, in a Dubai hotel room. Al-Mabhouh—a co-founder of the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of the Islamist Palestinian militant group Hamas—was wanted by the Israeli government for the kidnapping and murder of two... by Israeli intelligence members. Israel stated that there is no proof of its involvement, and refused to confirm or deny the allegations. Dubai police report that Israeli agents used Australian, French, British, Irish, and Dutch passports. |
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| July 31, 2010 | Gaza Strip | Issa al-Batran | Hamas Hamas Hamas is the Palestinian Sunni Islamic or Islamist political party that governs the Gaza Strip. Hamas also has a military wing, the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades... military commander in central Gaza, thought to have been involved in manufacturing rockets |
Killed in retaliation for earlier rocket attack on city of Ashkelon | IAF |
| November 3, 2010 | Gaza Strip | Mohammed Nimnim | al-Qaeda Al-Qaeda Al-Qaeda is a global broad-based militant Islamist terrorist organization founded by Osama bin Laden sometime between August 1988 and late 1989. It operates as a network comprising both a multinational, stateless army and a radical Sunni Muslim movement calling for global Jihad... affiliated, Army of Islam Army of Islam (Gaza Strip) Army of Islam , also known as Tawhid and Jihad Brigades, is the name used by the Doghmush Hamula for their Islamic militant activities. It is located at the Tzabra neighborhood in the center of the Gaza Strip bordered by Israel and Egypt... commander |
Car explosion, due to either a bomb planted by Israel or an Israeli airstrike. | IAF, with Egyptian intelligence |
| November 17, 2010 | Gaza Strip | Islam Yassin | al-Qaeda Al-Qaeda Al-Qaeda is a global broad-based militant Islamist terrorist organization founded by Osama bin Laden sometime between August 1988 and late 1989. It operates as a network comprising both a multinational, stateless army and a radical Sunni Muslim movement calling for global Jihad... affiliated, Army of Islam Army of Islam (Gaza Strip) Army of Islam , also known as Tawhid and Jihad Brigades, is the name used by the Doghmush Hamula for their Islamic militant activities. It is located at the Tzabra neighborhood in the center of the Gaza Strip bordered by Israel and Egypt... commander |
Israeli airstrike on his car, killing him, his brother, and injuring four others. | IAF |
| November 29, 2010 | Iran Iran Iran , officially the Islamic Republic of Iran , is a country in Southern and Western Asia. The name "Iran" has been in use natively since the Sassanian era and came into use internationally in 1935, before which the country was known to the Western world as Persia... |
Majid Shahriar | Iranian Nuclear Scientist | Killed in a car bomb. According to the German newspaper Der Spiegel Der Spiegel Der Spiegel is a German weekly news magazine published in Hamburg. It is one of Europe's largest publications of its kind, with a weekly circulation of more than one million.-Overview:... Israel was behind the killing. |
Mossad (Alleged) |
| January 11, 2011 | Gaza Strip | Mohammed A-Najar | Islamic Jihad Islamic Jihad Movement in Palestine The Islamic Jihad Movement in Palestine known in the West as simply Palestinian Islamic Jihad , is a small Palestinian militant organization. The group has been labelled as a terrorist group by the United States, the European Union, the United Kingdom, Japan, Canada, Australia and Israel... operative, suspected of planning attacks against civilians and launching rockets at Israel |
Attacked by the Israel Airforce while driving his motorcycle in the Gaza Strip Gaza Strip thumb|Gaza city skylineThe Gaza Strip lies on the Eastern coast of the Mediterranean Sea. The Strip borders Egypt on the southwest and Israel on the south, east and north. It is about long, and between 6 and 12 kilometres wide, with a total area of... . |
IAF |
| April 9, 2011 | Gaza Strip | Tayseer Abu Snima | Senior Hamas Hamas Hamas is the Palestinian Sunni Islamic or Islamist political party that governs the Gaza Strip. Hamas also has a military wing, the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades... commander |
Killed along with 2 of his bodyguards by the Israeli air force during a period of escalated rocket fire from Gaza. He was the most senior Hamas commander killed since 2009. | IAF |
| July 23, 2011 | Iran Iran Iran , officially the Islamic Republic of Iran , is a country in Southern and Western Asia. The name "Iran" has been in use natively since the Sassanian era and came into use internationally in 1935, before which the country was known to the Western world as Persia... |
Darioush Rezaie | Iranian nuclear scientist | Killed by unknown gunmen on motorcycle. The German Newspaper Der Spiegel Der Spiegel Der Spiegel is a German weekly news magazine published in Hamburg. It is one of Europe's largest publications of its kind, with a weekly circulation of more than one million.-Overview:... claimed Mossad was behind the operation. He is the fourth Iranian nuclear scientist killed since 2010. |
Mossad (Alleged) |
| August 18, 2011 | Gaza Strip | Abu Oud al-Nirab and Khaled Shaath | Popular Resistance Committees Popular Resistance Committees The Popular Resistance Committees are a coalition of various armed Palestinian factions that oppose the conciliatory approach adopted by the Palestinian Authority and Fatah towards Israel... Commanders |
Killed hours after a terrorist attack killed 7 Israeli's in southern Israel. 4 additional members of the group were killed in the strike. | IAF, Shin Bet |