Israel has sought to show it can get anyone, anywhere, a Reuters report states.

It has assassinated or attempted to kill leaders of Hamas and key operatives since the group was founded in 1987 during the first Palestinian uprising against the occupation of the West Bank and Gaza Strip.

Two years later, Hamas carried out its first attacks on Israeli military targets, including the kidnap and killing of two Israeli soldiers.

Yahya Ayyash: Elusive mastermind behind a wave of Palestinian suicide bombings nicknamed “The Engineer”, Yahya Ayyash was killed in then-PLO-ruled Gaza. He died on January 5, 1996, when his cellular phone exploded in his hands.

Ahmed Yassin: Israel killed the quadriplegic co-founder and spiritual leader of Hamas, Sheikh Ahmed, in a helicopter missile strike on March 22, 2004 as he left a mosque in Gaza City.

Khaled Meshaal: Former Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal became known around the world in 1997 after Israeli agents injected him with poison in a botched assassination attempt on a street outside his office in the Jordanian capital Amman.

Other leaders killed include Abdel-Aziz al-Rantissi (April 17, 2004), Adnan Al Ghoul (Oct 21, 2004), cleric Nizar Rayyan (Jan 1, 2009), minister Saeed Seyyan (Jan 15, 2009) and Deputy Hamas chief Saleh Al Arouri (Jan 2, 2024).

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