List of Israeli assassinations

List of Israeli assassinations

The following is a list of assassinations known or believed to have been conducted by Israel. Most fall within two campaigns: Operation Wrath of God, which was launched as a response to the 1972 Munich massacre, and the policy of targeted killings, "focused foiling" (in Hebrew: סיכול ממוקד "sikul memukad"), in the wake of the al-Aqsa Intifada.

1970s

*October 16, 1972 - Abdel Wael Zwaiter, Libyan embassy employee and PLO representative is shot by two gunmen in his Rome apartment. [http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/Terrorism/hits.html Israeli “Hits” On Terrorists] , Jewish Virtual Library, last updated December 18, 2007. Retrieved December 24, 2007.]
*December 8, 1972 - Dr. Mahmoud Hamshari, PLO representative in France was killed by a bomb concealed in his telephone in Paris.
*January 24, 1973 - Hussein Al Bashir, Fatah representative in Nicosia, Cyprus, is killed by a bomb planted in his hotel room bed in Nicosia.
*April 6, 1973 - Dr. Basil Al-Kubaissi, a law professor at the American University of Beirut, is killed by two gunmen in Paris.
*April 9, 1973 - Sayeret Matkal commandos assassinate the following persons during Operation Spring of Youth
**Muhammad Youssef Al-Najjar, Black September Operations officer and PLO official
**Kamal Adwan, Fatah veteran
**Kamal Nasser, PLO spokesman
*April 11, 1973 - Zaiad Muchasi, Fatah representative to Cyprus, is killed in a hotel room in Athens.
*June 28, 1973 - Mohammad Boudia, Black September operations officer, is killed by a pressure activated mine under his car seat in Paris.
*July 21, 1973 - Ahmed Bouchiki, an innocent waiter believed to be Ali Hassan Salameh, is killed by gunmen in Lillehammer, Norway. The incident has since become known as the Lillehammer affair.
*January 22, 1979 - Ali Hassan Salameh, high-ranked leader in the PLO and Black September, is killed by a car bomb in Beirut.
*July 15, 1979 - Zuheir Mohsen, PLO offical killed in Cannes ,France; debate as to who killed Him.

1980s

*April 16, 1988 - Abu Jihad, second in command to Yassir Arafat, is killed by Israeli commandos in Tunis. See Tunis Raid.

1990s

*February 16, 1992 - Abbas al-Musawi, the Secretary-General of Hezbollah, is killed in his car convoy in Lebanon by missiles launched from two Israeli helicopters.
*October 26, 1995 - Fathi Shaqaqi, the head of Palestinian Islamic Jihad, is shot and killed in front of the Diplomat Hotel in Sliema, Malta.
*January 6, 1996 - Yahya Ayyash "The Engineer", a bombmaker for Hamas, is killed in the Gaza strip by a bomb planted cell phone by the SHABAK.

2000s

*November 22, 2000 - Jamal Abdel Raziq, senior official of the Fatah faction Tanzim, is killed with three other group members when their two cars are fired upon by IDF troops in Gaza. [ [http://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2000/nea/index.cfm?docid=882 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices] , Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor of the US State Department, February 23, 2001. Retrieved October 14, 2006.]
*February 3, 2001 - Massoud Ayyad, a lieutenant-colonel in Yaser Arafat's Force 17, is killed while driving in the Jabaliya refugee camp in Gaza by three helicopter launched rockets. [Philips, Alan. " [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2001/02/14/wmid14.xml Arafat aide killed in helicopter ambush] ", "Telegraph", February 14, 2001. Retrieved October 14, 2006.]
*July 31, 2001 - Jamal Mansour, a high ranking official of Hamas' West Bank political wing, is killed when his office is struck by helicopter launched missiles. [ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/1467082.stm Profile: Hamas activist Jamal Mansour] , "BBC News", July 31, 2001. Retrieved October 14, 2006.]
*August 20, 2001 - Imad Abu Sneneh, the leader of Tanzim, is shot and killed in Hebron by an Israeli team. [" [http://edition.cnn.com/2001/WORLD/meast/08/15/mideast.fatah/index.html Palestinian activist shot, killed] ", "CNN", August 20, 2001. Retrieved October 14, 2006.]
*January 14, 2002 - Raed al-Karmi, head of al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades assassinated in Tulkarem.
*July 22, 2002 - Salah Shahade, the leader of Hamas Izz ad-Din al-Qassam is killed using 2,205 pound of explosive dropped by a F-16. The attack also killed his wife and 9 children.
*March 8, 2003 - Ibrahim al-Makadmeh and three of his aides were killed by helicopter-fired missiles Gaza City
*March 22, 2004 - Ahmed Yassin, co-founder and leader of Hamas, and bodyguards are killed in the Gaza Strip when hit by Israeli Air Force AH-64 Apache fired Hellfire missiles.
*April 17, 2004 - Abdel Aziz al-Rantissi, co-founder and leader of Hamas and successor of Ahmed Yassin as leader of Hamas after his death, is killed by helicopter-fired missiles along with his son.
*September 26, 2004 - Izz El-Deen Sheikh Khalil killed by automobile booby trap in Damascus, Syria
*October 21, 2004 - Adnan al-Ghoul, Hamas weapons expert, and Imad Abbas were killed when an Apache helicopter fired missiles at their car.
*May 25, 2006 - Mahmoud al-Majzoub, a commander of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad, was injured in a car bombing in Sidon, Lebanon and died the next day. Islamic Jihad blamed Israel, though Israel denied it.
*June 8, 2006 - Abu Samhadana was killed by an Israeli airstrike along with at least three other PRC members. [ [http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/724811.html] , Ha'aretz, 8 June, 2006.] [ [http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3260670,00.html] , Yediot Acharonot, 8 June]
* January 18, 2007 - Ardeshir Hosseinpour, a scientist working on the Iranian nuclear program, died in Iran. The private intelligence group Stratfor claimed that the Mossad had killed him. [http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/821634.html]
*February 12, 2008 - Imad Mughniyah, one of Hezbollah's top commanders, was assassinated by a car bomb in Damascus, Syria. Some news reports indicated the Mossad was responsible, [cite news |first=Uzi |last=Mahnaimi |coauthors=Jaber, Hala; Swain, Jon |title=Israel kills terror chief with headrest bomb |url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/middle_east/article3382343.ece |publisher=The Sunday Times |date=2008-02-17 |accessdate=2008-03-28] though Israel denied carrying it out. [cite news |first=Robyn |last=Powell |title=Israel denies assassinating Hizbollah chief |url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2008/02/13/whizbollah213.xml |publisher=The Telegraph |date=2008-02-26 |accessdate=2008-03-28] .

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