Assassination attempts

Haneyya phones Shaer calls for arresting perpetrators

Saturday-23-July-2022

Head of Hamas’s political bureau Ismail Haneyya phoned on Friday Nasser ad-Din ash-Shaer former Palestinian deputy prime minister and expressed his solidarity with him following a vicious attempt to assassinate him in southern Nablus.

Father Hanna accuses Israel of attempting to kill him

Tuesday-24-December-2019

Father Atallah Hanna on Monday accused the Israeli occupation of being responsible for the poisoning incident that happened to him last week.

Israel assassinates Islamic Jihad leader

Tuesday-12-November-2019

An Israeli air strike at dawn Tuesday killed Bahaa Abul Ata a prominent commander in the Quds Brigades the armed wing of Islamic Jihad Movement in eastern Gaza.

Hamas condemns assassination attempt targeting Fatah official

Saturday-9-March-2019

Hamas on Saturday denounced the failed assassination attempt that targeted the top Fatah official Ahmad Hillis in Gaza on Friday.

Lebanon: Mossad agent arrested over attempt to kill Hamas official

Wednesday-23-January-2019

The Lebanese security authorities on Tuesday announced the arrest of a person accused of being involved in the attempted assassination of a senior Hamas official in early 2018.

Youth sentenced to 11 years in Israeli jail over anti-occupation plot

Thursday-10-January-2019

An Palestinian young man suspected of planning to assassinate Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat last year on orders from a Syria-based group was sentenced Thursday to 11 years in an Israeli prison.

Book: Sharon tried hard to assassinate Arafat

Thursday-25-January-2018

Former Israeli premier Ariel Sharon was planning on assassinating Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) chairman Yasser Arafat in the 1980s and gave orders to down commercial passenger planes according to a New York Times Magazine article published last Tuesday.