Yonah Jeremy Bob
Jerusalem Post, Aug. 5, 2024
“Taking out Haniyeh while he was in Tehran was an unmistakable signal to disabuse Iran of the notion that it has immunity when it uses proxies to harm Israel.”
In a dizzying three weeks, Israel has assassinated three titans of terror (though only officially taking credit for two), with these operations in and of themselves altering the trajectory of the ongoing war and of the Middle East even beyond the current war.
Jerusalem’s hope has been to reshape the balance of power to restore a more secure ceasefire and regional quiet, but these moves have also put the region closer to spiralling into a larger war than at any other moment to date.
The first was Hamas military chief Mohammed Deif who was assassinated by Israel by airstrikes in Khan Yunis in southern Gaza on July 13, though the IDF only officially confirmed his death as certain on Thursday of last week.
Intelligence information, likely from human spying or electronic spying – though the IDF declined to divulge details – picked up the key confirmation only on Thursday morning. .. [To read the full article, click here]