Three days after Operation Al-Aqsa Flood, Israel announced the targeted assassination of two senior Hamas officials, Jawad Abu Shmala and Zakaria Abu Muammar, who were responsible for finance and internal relations respectively. Yesterday, Israeli opposition leader Yair Lapid announced his support for eliminating the Hamas leadership through targeted assassinations, naming six officials as the targets. “The State of Israel must not stop and must not let go until we kill six people: Yahya Sinwar, Mohammed Deif, Ismail Haniyeh, Saleh Al-Arouri, Khaled Meshal and Marwan Issa,” Lapid asserted during Yesh Atid’s weekly meeting. “The State of Israel needs to get them, wherever they are. Whether it’s in Gaza or in other countries, it doesn’t matter.” It is not the first time … Continue reading What lies behind Israel’s latest advocacy for targeted assassinations?