Who Are the Hamas Leaders Targeted in Assassination Attempts?

Hamas' military wing chief Mohammed Deif was killed in an Israeli airstrike in Gaza last month, the Israeli military said Thursday, the eighth Israeli attempt to assassinate him. Deif is believed to be one of the masterminds of the attacks on Israel on October 7 by Palestinian militant movements, which sparked the Gaza war now entering its tenth month. The operation raised fears of a wider escalation in the war-torn Gaza Strip and the worsening conflict in Lebanon. Israel is trying to show that it can target anyone, anywhere. It has killed or attempted to kill Hamas leaders and key figures since the group was founded in 1987. Hamas was formed during the first Palestinian uprising against the occupation of the West Bank and Gaza Strip. Two years later, Hamas launched its first attacks on Israeli military targets, including the kidnapping and killing of two Israeli soldiers. Among the names on the list of Palestinian leaders and agents targeted by the Middle East’s most powerful and sophisticated military are: Yahya Ayyash, the elusive Islamist militant mastermind behind a wave of Palestinian suicide bombings nicknamed “The Engineer.” He was killed in what was then PLO-controlled Gaza. He died on January 5, …

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Who Are the Hamas Leaders Targeted in Assassination Attempts?

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