07-31-2024, 06:12 AM
Interestingly, Ismail Haniyeh's assassination displays Israel's dual path with the war in Gaza and eliminating terrorist threats elsewhere. Israel's undertaking the assassination of terrorist threats isn't a new development and was their response to the Munich Massacre.
The most significant danger of any assassination program is mistaken target identification/murder of innocent people. Yet Israel knows of those risks from the Lillehammer affair.
Lastly, the contrast between the Israel Defence Force levelling city blocks in Gaza and assassinating terrorist leaders is stark. So, Israel has the means to take out terrorists without pursuing the strategic dead ends (regime change, destroying Hamas in Gaza and pulling the rug out from the Palestinian Authority in the West Bank).
The most significant danger of any assassination program is mistaken target identification/murder of innocent people. Yet Israel knows of those risks from the Lillehammer affair.
Lastly, the contrast between the Israel Defence Force levelling city blocks in Gaza and assassinating terrorist leaders is stark. So, Israel has the means to take out terrorists without pursuing the strategic dead ends (regime change, destroying Hamas in Gaza and pulling the rug out from the Palestinian Authority in the West Bank).
