Second Natanz explosion (11 April 2021) - an explosive device smuggled into Natanz facility causing an explosion that cut power to the facility. During the 1980s and 1990s, targeted killings were employed extensively by death squads in El Salvador, Nicaragua, Colombia, and Haiti within the context of civil unrest and war. [13], Unmanned combat aerial vehicles have also been used for strikes. [37] Following Fakhrizadeh's assassination, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei described him as "the country's prominent and distinguished nuclear and defensive scientist". Killed by a missile in retaliation for the earlier rocket attack on the city of Ashkelon. Date Victim(s) Abductor(s) Location Age of victim(s) Outcome Notes 18 December 1900 Edward Cudahy Jr. Pat Crowe (accused) : Omaha, Nebraska, U.S. : 15 Released Son of a business magnate who was kidnapped and held for $25,000 ransom, with his abductor, Pat Crowe, releasing him after the ransom was paid.After being found not guilty at trial, he made a living "[72] Feinstein explained how the oversight works in general. Vol 17, No. Get information on latest national and international events & more. [85] For example, after the targeting of Yassin in 2004 there was a severe increase in the number of attacks carried out (an increase of 299 attacks) yet there were only 4 suicide attacks, a decrease from the previous year. There is no clear definition of "targeted killing" under international law. [16][20] He then urged his audience to "remember his [Fakhrizadeh's] name". Under the previous rules the CIA and the US military were only allowed to use drone strikes against known terrorist leaders whose location could be confirmed and who appeared on secret CIA and JSOC target lists. With the Iranian takeover of the Syrian regime's research institutes - the fear only increases. The explosion damaged electricity poles and transmitters and hurled debris over 300 metres (980ft). Some hold that such strikes do not reduce terrorism, but encourage more recruits to join militant factions, and are a setback to the Middle East peace process. [202][203][204][205] Methods used have included firing a Hellfire missile from an AH-64 Apache attack helicopter (Israel), or a Predator or Reaper drone (an unmanned, remote-controlled plane), detonating a cell phone bomb, and long-range sniper shooting. / , "The Scientist and the A.I.-Assisted, Remote-Control Killing Machine", "The Scientist and the A.I.-Assisted, Remote-Control Killing Machine: Israeli Agents Had Wanted to Kill Irans Top Nuclear Scientist for Years. Israel had been seeking ways to assasinate Fakhrizadeh for years, and the effort resumed when U.S. President Trump in May 2018 abrogated the Iran nuclear deal. [71], Following the killing, protests took place outside several government buildings in Tehran. This counterattack shot down the plane of Isoroku Yamamoto, the senior planner of the attack on Pearl Harbor. Such losses generated immense public pressure from the Israeli public for a forceful response, and the Israeli increase in targeted killings was one such outcome. However, it was ignored due to the frequency of assassination warnings. Died with a deputy in a shoot-out with Israeli raiding commandos. Born in Qom in 1958, Fakhrizadeh joined the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps after the Iranian revolution of 1979. Killed in Israeli airstrike with his brother, his son, and Hamas general security services officer. According to OHCHR, these killings may have been committed by government agents or with their acquiescence and may amount to extrajudicial executions and war crimes. [63], The justification by Brennan built upon remarks by US top officials like the State Department's top lawyer Harold Hongju Koh,[64] US Attorney General Eric Holder,[65][66] the US Defense Department general counsel Jeh Johnson[67] and President Obama himself,[68] who defended the use of drones outside of so-called "hot battlefields" like Afghanistan. Islamic Jihad blamed Israel, though Israel denied it. Released from Israeli prison earlier that day. Of those, only 35 were the intended targets. Automatic approval of subscriber comments.From $1 for the first month. [116], On 29 November 2020, Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei outlined his country's response to the killing: "There are two matters that people in charge should put in their to do list: 1- To follow up the atrocity and retaliate against those who were responsible for it. It appears that the modus operandi of the Mossad has changed since the assassination of Mahmoud al-Mabhouh, a high ranking member of Hamas, who was killed on 19 January 2010, in Dubai hotel room. He subsequently filed a report at a police station, reportedly about 40 minutes after his friend was kidnapped. Zaloum was on an Israeli wanted list, and thought responsible for shootings, including that. [25] The National Security Archive reported, "Prominent victims of Condor include two former Uruguayan legislators and a former Bolivian president, Juan Jos Torres, murdered in Buenos Aires, a former Chilean Minister of the Interior, Bernardo Leighton, as well as former Chilean ambassador Orlando Letelier and his 26-year-old American colleague, Ronni Moffitt, assassinated by a car bomb in downtown Washington D.C."[26], In 1986, the human rights group Americas Watch released a report stating that death squads and armed forces under President Jos Napolen Duarte in El Salvador had carried out 240 targeted killings throughout 1985. "[48][49][50], According to analysis by Reprieve, 874 people were killed, including 142 children, in drone strikes in Pakistan that targeted 24 people successfully and unsuccessfully, and, in numerous failed attempts to kill Ayman al-Zawahri, 76 children and 29 adults were killed. Third, the following criteria must be met before lethal action may be taken: Near certainty that the terrorist target is present; Near certainty that non-combatants will not be injured or killed; An assessment that capture is not feasible at the time of the operation; An assessment that the relevant governmental authorities in the country where action is contemplated cannot or will not effectively address the threat to U.S. persons; and. Killed along with 17 other members of the Revolutionary Guards known as. Omar al-Balbaisi completed a bachelors degree in computer science at the Islamic University in Gaza, where he allegedly joined the Izz-ad-Din Al-Qassam Brigades, specializing in hacking mobile phones. ", Daniel Byman, Foreign Affairs, March/April 2006, Volume 85, Number 2, p. 95-112, Yedi'ot Aharonot (Tel Aviv), 12 July 2002. Accused of involvement in the shooting of an IDF officer, and a 1992 killing in a Jewish settlement in the Gaza Strip. One, an El Al pilot, was threaten with dismissal and another lost his civilian job. NCIS is an American long-running primetime television series created by Donald P. Bellisario and Don McGill for CBS about Navy criminal investigators. [70] According to The New York Times, President Obama has placed himself at the helm of a top secret process to designate terrorists for kill or capture, reserving the final say on approving lethal action, and signs off every strike in Yemen, Somalia and Pakistan. Killed by an IAF airforce missile while riding a motor bike. [80][81] They defend that in international law assassination was outlawed in both the 1937 convention of for the Prevention and Repression of Terrorism and the 1973 New York convention. According to the Malaysian newspaper The Straits Times, the kidnap operation was orchestrated by the Israeli external intelligence agency, the Mossad. This secrecy recently slipped when he appeared on Iranian websites with Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Different arms of Iran's security apparatus traded blame over the failure to protect Fakhrizadeh. The victims were officials of local authorities, policemen and civilians who were believed to have voluntarily cooperated with the enemy. News-Today in the IDF-(Archives). They are the main antagonistic faction of the World of Assassination trilogy. MEK is a terrorists organization which is trained and supported by both Mossad and CIA, including the criminal and baby killer Killary Killinton. The relatives were held responsible for rocket attacks into southern Israel. [171], During the First Chechen War, Chechen President Dzhokhar Dudaev was killed on 21 April 1996 by two laser-guided missiles when he was using a satellite phone, after his location was detected by a Russian reconnaissance aircraft, which intercepted his phone call. [65][133] Labeled as "hard-line" by The New York Times, protestors called for war with the United States. Then They Came up with a Way to Do It with No Operatives Present. [225], This article is about targeted killings allegedly performed by Israel. [99][100], CIA-ordered drone strikes were eventually ended by President Obama, who transferred control entirely to the U.S. military, under a separate legal authority. Israeli Counterterrorism against Palestinian Suicide Bombings and Violence." The truck then exploded but most of the equipment remained intact, albeit severely damaged. After the killing of Hamas founder and quadriplegic Ahmed Yassin by Israeli helicopter gunships, Sofaer argued that targeted killing is not prohibited by American Executive Order 11905 banning assassination: "killings in self-defense are no more 'assassinations' in international affairs than they are murders when undertaken by our police forces against domestic killers. He had planned the murders of two Israelis in Tulkarem and was behind a failed assassination attempt on the life of an. (LogOut/ Top level Senior Hamas leader. As they fled, according to the Palestinian version, covering fire was provided by an Israeli unit on. Iranian scientists working for their country's nuclear program: Aziz Asbar, senior Syrian scientist responsible for long-range rockets and chemical weapons programs, killed in a car bomb in. 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He was in a different vehicle. [8] The Iranian government labelled the killing of the scientist an act of "state terror. [55] The BBC labelled this and the later discrepancies between accounts a "massive failure of counter-intelligence for Iran's security chiefs". Assassination constitutes an illegal killing. These operatives infiltrate areas known to harbor targeted individuals, and eliminate their assigned targets with small arms fire or use of explosives. Not a participant in hostilities at the time, according to B'tselem. We invented the targeted assassination thesis and we had to push it. Killed with a one-ton self destructing gun in a truck smuggled into Iran by 20 agents. Iranian scientists working for their country's nuclear program: Aziz Asbar, senior Syrian scientist responsible for long-range rockets and chemical weapons programs, killed in a car bomb in. [89] Human Rights Watch said that in Yemen more civilians were killed than admitted by the Obama administration, while Amnesty International said the same of drone strikes in Pakistan. A further two people were wounded. Enemy combatants may be targeted and killed not because they are guilty, but because they are potentially lethal agents of a hostile party. [61] According to Mehr News Agency, the head of the security detail was shot four times after he threw himself over Fakhrizadeh. According to one of his sons, "[Fakhrizadeh] refused because he had an important meeting, and he was supposed to lecture to students. [20][163], In the Philippines, since Rodrigo Duterte assumption of the presidency in 2016, police and vigilantes have targeted drug related criminal suspects, with many cases, some involving children, thought to be the result of police extrajudicial executions. American defense department analyst and professor Thomas Hunter has defined targeted killing as the "premeditated, preemptive, and intentional killing of an individual or individuals known or believed to represent a present or future threat to the safety and security of a state through the affiliation with terrorist groups or individuals. Somebody is really good and, um, somebody not. It does not, however, preclude attacks on individual soldiers or officers of the enemy whether in the zone of hostilities, occupied territory, or elsewhere. "[90], While the U.S. government is considering whether to kill an American abroad suspected of planning terrorist attacks and how to do so legally under new stricter targeting policy issued in 2013,[91][92] The Intercept reported that the U.S. government is using primarily NSA surveillance to target people for drone strikes overseas. One source stated 14 other Palestinians were wounded. He insisted on returning to Tehran the same day. The administration continued to oppose them. Al-HaMishmar. Had escaped several assassination attempts. The IDF said he was on his way to a mortar attack on an, Killed when 4 helicopter missiles struck their pickup truck. 10 bystanders, including three children, were injured. "There was concern that the levers might no longer be in our hands," said one unnamed U.S official. 2, Accused in U.S. Embassy Attacks, Was Killed in Iran", "Pompeo confirms No. Killed when a missile hit a car outside the. Killed when 4 helicopter missiles struck his car. Killed by pressure-activated mine under his car seat. In 2002 and 2003, the ratio was 1:1, meaning one civilian killed for every target killed. 2 al-Qaeda leader killed in Iran, asserts Tehran giving 'home base' to terror group", "Iranian nuclear scientist killed by one-ton automated gun in Israeli hit: Jewish Chronicle", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_Israeli_assassinations&oldid=1120729855, IsraeliPalestinian conflict-related lists, Articles with Portuguese-language sources (pt), Articles with dead external links from July 2015, Articles with dead external links from May 2016, Articles with dead external links from April 2019, Articles with permanently dead external links, Short description is different from Wikidata, Wikipedia extended-confirmed-protected pages, Articles with unsourced statements from June 2018, Articles with unsourced statements from April 2014, Articles with unsourced statements from April 2017, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, Abducted from his company offices on Munich's Schillerstrasse, his body was never found. A dozen people nearby were wounded. One of three operations in, Killed in an olive grove, or, according to. "Questioning the Efficacy of Israeli Targeted Killings Against Hamas' Religio-Military Command as a Counter-terrorism Tool.". [59] John Brennan acknowledged for the first time[60][61] that the US government uses drones to kill selected members of al-Qaeda. [48], Fakhrizadeh was married and had children. ", "Frequently Asked Questions About Targeting Killing", "By Any Name Illegal and Immoral: Response to "Israel's Policy of Targeted Killing"[Abstract]", "Opinion | The very model of a rogue state", Drone strikes by US may violate international law, says UN, UN report calls for independent investigations of drone attacks, "Why Drones Work: The Case for Washington's Weapon of Choice", "Why Drones Fail: When Tactics Drive Strategy". Ambushed in an olive grove, after an earlier attempt, mistaking Abu Laimun for him. The security source claim the assassination was a response to rockets fired from Syria to Israel in March, that the Syrian army and Hezbollah were responsible for. About intelNewsExpert news and commentary on intelligence, espionage, spies and spying, by Dr. Joseph Fitsanakis and Ian Allen. In a car with two Palestinian intelligence officers, who managed to escape on sighting an Apache helicopter, which struck it with three missiles. Ajuri (21) was killed by an air-to-surface missile, during an attempt to arrest him. "[66], The exact nature of the proof required by the Israelis for the killings is classified, as it involves clandestine military intelligence-oriented means and operational decisions. [6], The Israeli army maintains that it pursues such military operations to prevent imminent attacks when it has no discernible means of making an arrest or foiling such attacks by other methods. 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