Targeted Killings

The assassination of Maj. Gen. Qassem Suleimani, perhaps the second most powerful person in Iran behind Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, will reverberate in the Middle East and beyond for years, and perhaps decades. But the immediate consequences, several U.S. in…

WASHINGTON President Donald Trump's decision to carry out a lethal targeted strike against an Iranian general widely said to have American blood on his hands has renewed an international legal debate about the line between warfare and assassination that has n…

“The view in the Israel Defense Forces is that success is measured by how many targets you create, the number of new targets that are entered into the database,” says A. from the Israel Air Force. In the weeks that have passed since the army bombed the home o…

On November 12th, 2019, the Israel Defense Forces carried out a targeted killing of Baha Abu al-Ata, leader of the armed wing of Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ), the Al-Quds Brigades: “In the last year,” Prime Minister Netanyahu stated, “he was the main organ…

A Reuters representational image. KARACHI: An administrative judge of the anti-terrorism court (ATC) approved the physical remand on Wednesday of Yousuf alias Thelaywala associated with Muttahida Qaumi Movement-London (MQM-L) till November 23.  Yousuf is ac…

KARACHI: Police on Wednesday claimed to have arrested a suspected hitman for his alleged involvement in killings of 96 persons. The anti-street crime squad and Soldier Bazaar police arrested Yusuf alias Thelewala and seized a TT pistol, grenade and a motorbi…

The 48-hour battle between Israel and the Palestinian Islamic Jihad terror group last week, dubbed Operation Black Belt, stuck to a well-worn script: An inciting incident — in this case, the elimination of Islamic Jihad terror leader Baha Abu al-Ata by Israel…

Gaza Palestinian rockets, Israeli airstrikes jolt tenuous Gaza truceJERUSALEM (Reuters) 15 Nov by Nidal al-Mughrabi & Ari Rabinovitch — Palestinian militants fired two rockets deep into southern Israel from Gaza on Saturday, and the Israeli military resp…

Ending a surge of fighting in the Gaza Strip and southern Israel, a cease-fire between Israel and Palestinian groups was reached Thursday morning, some 48 hours since the targeted assassination of top Islamic Jihad leader Baha Abu al-Ata, who was killed with …

Israel and Palestinian Islamic Jihad reportedly agreed to a cease-fire on Thursday morning, putting a tentative end to two days of hostilities that killed at least 34 Palestinians.  skip - Haaretz Weekly 12/11Gaza factions launched massive rocket barrages …