- Israel “has already begun preparations” for targeted killings of Hamas leaders abroad
Israel plans to eliminate Hamas and will eliminate its leaders abroad when the war is over, it is reported.
Hamas leaders around the world could be targeted for assassination attempts, Israeli officials told WSJ.
According to the report, Israel has already begun preparing for targeted killings abroad.
Members of the Hamas group are known to be hiding in the Middle East.
Hamas terror chief Ismail Haniyeh was seen cheering with joy from the safety of his office in Qatar during the October 7 terror attacks.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said at a news conference: “I have instructed the Mossad to act against the heads of Hamas wherever they are.”
Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant (pictured) said Hamas leaders are 'marked for death'
Israeli officials told WSJ: “The question for Israel's leaders now is not whether to try to kill Hamas leaders elsewhere in the world, but where – and how.”
In November, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said at a news conference: “I have instructed Mossad to act against the heads of Hamas wherever they are.”
At the same conference, Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant said Hamas leaders were “marked for death.”
But not everyone agrees with the plan, as former Mossad director Efraim Halevy reportedly described the plan as “far-fetched.”
He added: “Pursuing Hamas on a global scale and systematically removing all its leaders from this world is a desire for revenge, not a desire to achieve a strategic goal.”
Hamas terror chief Ismail Haniyeh was spotted cheering with joy from the safety of his office in Qatar during the October 7 terror attacks
Le Figaro reported that Qatar has received assurances from Israel that Mossad will not eliminate terrorists on its soil.
Meanwhile, an Israeli government spokesperson declared that “the mother of all blows will now be taken” after a ceasefire that paused fighting in the Gaza Strip expired and hostilities resumed.
“Unfortunately, Hamas has decided to end the pause by not releasing all the kidnapped women,” government spokesman Eylon Levy said at a briefing.
“Now that Hamas has chosen to detain our women, it will now take the mother of all blows.”
Israel resumed its brutal offensive against Hamas in full force this morning, firing a barrage of rockets and sending fighter jets screaming over Gaza as a weeklong ceasefire expired.
Smoke rising from buildings due to Israeli airstrikes after the humanitarian pause ended in Rafah, Gaza on December 1, 2023
An injured Palestinian child is taken to Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital for treatment after Israeli attacks in Deir al-Balah, Gaza on December 1, 2023
The ceasefire officially expired at 7 a.m. local time (5 a.m. GMT), but the IDF claimed Hamas had prematurely “violated” the ceasefire and launched rockets into Israel in the early hours, with images released via social media were shared, attacks on the city of Sderot seemed to show. close to the border with Gaza.
Just under an hour before the ceasefire officially expired, the IDF claimed it had “intercepted” another attack, adding that a “number” of rockets had been fired by Hamas before the ceasefire ended.
The Hamas-led Health Ministry in Gaza said 14 people were killed in the first two hours after fighting resumed. Ministry spokesman Ashraf al-Qudra said there were “fourteen dead and dozens of wounded, most of them women and children.”
Although the seven-day ceasefire provided a welcome reprieve from the bloodshed and saw Hamas release dozens of Israeli and foreign hostages, dozens of others remain trapped in Gaza as fighting resumed this morning.
Despite the new violence, Qatari and Egyptian mediators are still negotiating a new extension of the seven-day ceasefire.