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Maj. Gen. Eyal Zamir, then-outgoing IDF deputy chief of staff during a ceremony July 11, 2021. (Israel Defense Forces)
July 6, 2022, 2:02 pm
IDF chief of staff candidate suggests ramping up assassinations of IRGC leaders
In 74-page document titled ‘Countering Iran’s regional strategy,’ Eyal Zamir warns that Tehran-backed militias in Syria would join Hezbollah in battle
By Emanuel Fabian
(R) Saleh al-Arouri in undated YouTube video (Screen grab) and (L) Zaher Jabarin gives an interview to pro-Hezbollah television network al-Mayadeen on April 17, 2022 (Screen grab)
May 9, 2022, 11:56 am
Israel said prepping teams to carry out targeted killings of Hamas leaders abroad
Jerusalem reportedly tells allies that hits on terror leaders are planned in retaliation for attacks; UK Times newspaper names Saleh al-Arouri, Zaher Jabarin as potential targets
By TOI staff
A picture taken on April 21, 2018 shows men holding up a poster portrait of 35-year-old Palestinian professor and Hamas member Fadi Mohammad al-Batsh who was killed in Malaysia, outside his family's house in Jabaliya in the northern Gaza strip. (AFP Photo/Mahmud Hams)
January 9, 2022, 3:10 pm
Hamas claims to nab Palestinian who aided alleged 2018 Mossad hit in Malaysia
Hamas says unidentified suspect admitted to involvement in slaying of Fadi al-Batsh, an engineer who allegedly helped the terror group build weapons; father demands death penalty
By Aaron Boxerman
Taliban fighters pose for a photograph in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Thursday, August 19, 2021. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)
August 20, 2021, 7:51 pm
Tales of targeted killings mount, fueling Afghan fears of Taliban
Rights group says Islamist insurgents have killed 9 members of Hazara minority, a Shiite group that in recent years has made major gains in education, social status
By Agencies
Iranian nuclear scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh. (Agencies)
November 29, 2020, 4:44 pm
Ex-Israeli intel chief: Slain Iranian nuke scientist near impossible to replace
Mohsen Fakhrizadeh was as central to regime’s strategic efforts as Imad Mughniyeh and Qassem Soleimani, says Amos Yadlin, former head of IDF military intelligence
By Raphael Ahren
Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar (4th L) takes part in a rally as Palestinians call for a "Day of Rage" to protest Israel's plan to annex parts of the West Bank, in Gaza City on July 1, 2020. (MAHMUD HAMS / AFP)
August 23, 2020, 9:12 am
Fearing targeted killings by Israel, Hamas leaders said to go into hiding
Move comes after Netanyahu and Gantz hint at prospect, following weeks of attacks by Gazan terrorists; Qatari envoy due this week to deliver aid to Strip
By TOI staff
Israelis take cover as an alarm siren sounds, warning of incoming rockets in Tel Aviv, on the fifth day of Operation Protective Edge, Saturday, July 12, 2014 (photo credit: Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)
August 22, 2020, 11:41 am
Gaza terror groups: Tel Aviv will burn if targeted killings are renewed
Israel reportedly warned via intermediaries it would be ‘act of war’ to try to kill terror chieftains, after Gantz, PM hint at return to policy; balloon-borne devices spark 7 fires
By TOI staff
Israelis take cover as an alarm siren sounds, warning of incoming rockets in Tel Aviv, on the fifth day of Operation Protective Edge, Saturday, July 12, 2014 (photo credit: Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)
February 20, 2020, 12:16 pm
Hamas said to warn of rockets on Tel Aviv if Israel kills terror group’s leaders
Gaza rulers threaten Israel via mediators, saying they don’t fear conflict, IDF ‘physical action’ in Strip will bring missile volley on Israel’s financial capital — Lebanese media
By TOI staff
Senior Revolutionary Guard commander General Qassem Soleimani attends a meeting with Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei (not seen) and Revolutionary Guard commanders in Tehran, Iran, September 18, 2016. (Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader via AP)
January 5, 2020, 12:17 pm
Assassination or defensive action? Soleimani killing ignites freighted debate
The Pentagon insists killing of Gen. Qassem Soleimani was self-defense, but there is no formal state of war between US and Iran; international law unclear on matter, says expert
By John Daniszewski
Smoke rises after an Israeli airstrike in Gaza City on November 13, 2019. (Mahmud Hams/AFP)
November 13, 2019, 2:39 pm
IDF strikes Islamic Jihad rocket production facility as barrages pummel south
Military says it also bombed terrorists readying to fire anti-tank missiles; 23 Palestinians said killed in Israeli strikes, 12 of them confirmed members of terror groups
By Judah Ari Gross
Relatives of Islamic Jihad terrorist Abdullah Al-Belbesi, 26, who was killed in Israeli airstrikes, at his funeral in the town of Beit Lahiya, northern Gaza Strip, November 13, 2019. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)
November 13, 2019, 1:55 pm
Palestinian death toll in Gaza rises to 24, most of them terrorists
Hamas-run ministry says 3 children among dead; Israeli military indicates most fatalities had been launching rockets
By TOI staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu delivers a statement to the press after a security cabinet meeting following the escalation of violence in with the Gaza Strip at the Kirya military base in Tel Aviv on November 12, 2019. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
November 13, 2019, 11:32 am
Netanyahu: Islamic Jihad knows Israel will keep striking ‘with no mercy’
New defense minister Bennett says Israel could eliminate other terror chiefs; Likud ministers threaten to intensify Gaza strikes if rockets continue
By Michael Bachner and TOI staff
People take cover during an air-raid warning siren in Sderot, southern Israel, November 13, 2019. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)
November 13, 2019, 5:30 am
Massive early morning rocket fire from Gaza shatters brief overnight calm
Attacks resume after six hours of quiet; schools in south closed; cabinet to meet to assess situation after over 200 rockets fired into Israel
By Judah Ari Gross and TOI staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu taken off stage during a campaign event in Ashdod due to incoming rocket sirens, September 10, 2019. (Screenshot: Twitter)
November 12, 2019, 10:40 pm
PM sought Abu al-Ata’s killing after rocket forced him offstage before election
Reports say Netanyahu wanted to immediately eliminate Palestinian Islamic Jihad terror chief after September 10 incident in Ashdod, but security officials made him wait
By Michael Bachner and TOI staff
A police sapper inspects a house in the southern Israeli town of Netivot on November 12, 2019, following a rocket attack from Gaza City in retaliation for an Israeli strike that killed a commander of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad terror group. (MENAHEM KAHANA / AFP)
November 12, 2019, 9:13 pm
With further violence likely, Israeli and Gazan schools to stay closed Wednesday
Municipalities of Ashkelon, Modiin, Beersheba and others say classes won’t be held; Home Front Command says Tel Aviv-area schools, businesses can operate normally
By Judah Ari Gross and TOI staff
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