2024-08-01 11:23:35
(24News) In addition to Ismail Haniyeh, how many prominent figures of Palestine have been targeted by Israel from 1972 to 2024?
Ismail Haniyeh, who was the former Prime Minister of Palestine and the head of the political wing of the Hamas organization, who was targeted and killed by Israel, but it has happened many times before in history when Israel killed the political and religious influential leadership of Palestine. According to the Palestinian authorities, Israel is responsible for his murder, but Israel has not denied or confirmed it yet. Ismail Haniyeh was killed in Tehran a day after the Hezbollah commander was killed in Beirut. went .
The assassination of a political leader and former prime minister in the middle of Israel’s devastating war on Gaza since October 7, in which more than 39,000 Palestinians have been martyred, is not surprising because all members of Ismail Haniyeh’s family have already died. have left this world in the war, Iran asked to start an investigation regarding this murder, but after the tension that started on October 7, on December 4, 2023, Israel’s secret service publicly threatened that the senior leader of Hamas Ismail Haniyeh’s assassination in Tehran follows a history of assassinations of Palestinian leaders from Rome to Paris, Beirut to Athens, and Gaza to Tunisia. He has claimed responsibility for the killings, although he generally does not deny his role, and analysts believe the killings bear Israel’s stamp, spanning more than half a century.
Names and locations of other leaders killed over the decades:
Saleh al-Aruri January 2024, Beirut, Lebanon
Al-Aruri, 57, the deputy head of Hamas’ political bureau and one of the founders of the group’s armed wing, the Qassam Brigades, was killed in a drone strike in a suburb of Beirut. Before the war started on October 7, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu threatened to kill him. Israel did not accept responsibility for his death, but Danny Danon, the former representative of Israel to the United Nations. Appreciating the attack, he congratulated the Israeli army, the Shin Bet and the Israeli intelligence agency Mossad for killing al-Aruri.
Mahmoud Al-Mabhouh January 2010, Dubai, United Arab Emirates;
Al-Mabhouh was a military commander in the Qassam Brigades who was responsible for logistics and weapons procurement. He founded Unit 101, which was used to kidnap Israeli fighters. The attack is widely believed to have been carried out by the Mossad, but according to police, al-Mabhouh was drugged, electrocuted and then suffocated with a pillow.
Mahmoud Al-Mazoob May 2006, Sidon, Lebanon;
Al-Mazoub, a senior leader of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) group and a close associate of the Lebanese group Hezbollah, was killed in Sidon, Lebanon, when a bomb planted next to his car door exploded when he opened the door, Israel said. It denied responsibility for the attack, but both the PIJ and Hezbollah blamed it for the murder.
Adnan Al Ghul | October 2004, Gaza City, Gaza Strip;
Al-Ghul was a senior member of the Qassam Brigades, known as the “Father of the Qassam” for his work in building Hamas’s elaborate rocket delivery system, identified by the Israeli military as a top bomb maker. What, he was killed in an attack. Target Killing An Israeli Air Force AH-64 helicopter fired missiles at his vehicle in Gaza.
Sheikh Ahmed Yasin March 2004, Gaza City, Gaza Strip
Sheikh Yassin was considered the spiritual leader of Hamas. Yassin, a quadriplegic who was nearly blind and confined to a wheelchair due to a sports accident when he was 16, was killed in an Israeli helicopter missile attack while he was visiting a mosque in Gaza City. was taking the wheels outside for the morning prayer.
Abdul Aziz Al Rantisi April 2004, Gaza City, Gaza Strip;
Al-Rantisi was one of the seven co-founders of the Hamas movement in the early days of the First Intifada, including Sheikh Ahmed Yassin. Less than a month after the assassination, he was killed in an Israeli helicopter missile strike in Gaza City. The Israeli Air Force fired Hellfire missiles at his vehicle from an AH-64 Apache helicopter.
Israeli security sources said at the time that then-Prime Minister Ariel Sharon had personally ordered and supervised the helicopter attack against the paralyzed scholar.
Salah martyrs July 2002, Gaza City, Gaza Strip;
Shahdad, who was among the founders of Hamas’s Qassam Brigades and spent a decade in Israeli prisons, was killed after the Israeli air force bombed his home in Gaza City, the Israeli military confirmed in a statement. That the target of this attack was Shaheedah. that he was behind “hundreds of terrorist attacks against Israeli soldiers and civilians over the past two years.”
Yahya Ayash January 1996, Beit Lahia, Gaza Strip;
Ayyash, nicknamed “The Engineer”, was known for his work as a bomb maker and commander of the West Bank battalion of the Qasim Brigades, using suicide bombings as a strategy against Israel. Believed to be responsible for the introduction, Ayash was killed in Beit, Gaza, by Shin Bet operatives who planted an explosive device in his phone after receiving a call from his father. Later detonated from a distance.
Imad Akil November 1993, Shujaya, Gaza Strip;
Akil was a commander of the Qassam Brigades, where he served as a mentor to the current commander, Muhammad Def, nicknamed “Ghost” for his use of camouflage to ambush Israeli forces, in November 1993, The lawyer went into hiding. At his home in Shujaiya, which was under siege at the time. After several hours, he tried to escape and was shot by Israeli special forces.
Abu Jihad | April 1988, Tunis, Tunisia;
Khalil al-Wazir, known as Abu Jihad, was a key figure in the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) – he helped found Fatah in the late 1950s. For years he was an effective deputy to PLO Chairman Yasser Arafat, who was shot dead by Israeli agents in a daring commando raid in 1988. Israel denied responsibility for nearly 25 years until 2012, when an Israeli newspaper published an interview with Israeli soldier Nahum. Leo, who killed Abu Jihad, finally revealed the truth.
Khaled Nazal June 1986, Athens, Greece;
Nazal was the Secretary of the Central Committee of the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine (DFLP) and a leader of the PLO. Israel blamed him for the 1974 Malawit attack in which Palestinian militants killed 22 school children and four adults. Assassination by Mossad agents in Athens.
Ali Hassan Salama January 1979, Beirut, Lebanon;
Salama founded the Black September armed group that attacked the Israeli team at the 1972 Munich Olympics, killing 11 Israeli athletes and a German police officer. Five of the attackers were also killed.
Mossad spies entered Salama’s gym to befriend him a few weeks before he was killed. A British Israeli worker rented an apartment near Salama’s home to monitor her movements.
Muhammad Boudia June 1973, Paris, France;
Boudia, an Algerian poet and playwright, was a senior member of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, who also fought for the independence of Algeria, was carried by Mossad agents under the seat of his car. Killed by a car bomb. Attack of the armed group Black September at the 1972 Munich Olympics.
Abdulwail Zwatar October 1972, Rome, Italy;
A Palestinian translator, the PLO representative in Rome, accused by Israel of being the commander of the Black September armed group that attacked the Israeli team at the 1972 Munich Olympics, his supporters say he was an intellectual. Which had no final connection. In the group, Zwetter is shot and killed by agents in the lobby of their apartment building.
Ghassan Kanafani July 1972, Beirut, Lebanon;
Kanfani, a prominent Palestinian writer and poet, spokesman for the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), was killed in Beirut along with his 17-year-old niece. A grenade was attached to the ignition switch of his car. Starting the car, he set off a plastic bomb mounted behind the bumper, Israel said, killing him in response to the 1972 mass shooting at Lod Airport (now Ben-Gurion International Airport). 26 people were killed and dozens were injured. But some analysts believe that the assassination was planned well in advance.
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2024-08-01 11:23:35