List of Israeli assassinations

This article is about targeted killings allegedly performed by Israel. For violent incidents in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, see Violence in the Israeli–Palestinian conflict.

The following is a list of alleged and confirmed assassinations reported to have been conducted by the State of Israel. It includes attempts on notable persons who were reported to have been specifically targeted by the various Israeli security, intelligence and law enforcement agencies.

According to Eyal Weizman, 'targeted assassinations have become the most significant and frequent form of Israeli military attack', and serve not only to contain terror but as a 'political tool' to control Palestinian territories Israel has otherwise withdrawn from. In response to protests over the number of civilians killed in targeting operations, and the refusal of a number of pilots to engage in such missions in 2003, Israel set up groups to minimize collateral damage in 2003 to establish acceptable levels of damage to bystanders. In 2006 'focused lethality munitions', missiles with intense but highly localized explosive were introduced to this end, and in November a legal committee was set up to rule on assassinations.

There is no clear definition of "Targeted killing" under international law. The Supreme Court of Israel, in response to a suit on the practice, mainly regarded actions in the Occupied Palestinian Territories, ruled on 14 December 2006 that such actions took place in an 'international armed conflict' but that the "terrorists", as civilians, lacked combatant status under international law. Yet they were, in the court's view, civilians participating directly in hostilities, which would mean they lose their immunity. It also ruled, following a precedent set forth by the European Court of Human Rights in its McCann and Others v. the United Kingdom judgement, that a 'law of proportionality', balancing military necessity with humanity, must apply. Assassination were permitted if ('strong and persuasive information' concerning the target's identity existed; if the mission served to curtail terror; and if other techniques, such as attempting to arrest the target, would gravely endanger soldiers' lives.

Nils Melzer in his 2006 study Targeted Killing in International Law defines targeted killings in terms of five criteria, summed up as 'the use of lethal force attributable to a subject of international law with the intent, premeditation and deliberation to kill individually selected persons who are not in the physical custody of those targeting them.' Before 2001 Israel denied it practiced or has a policy of conducting extrajudicial executions.

The term itself gained widespread currency only after Israel went public concerning its policy regarding alleged terrorists in the Palestinian territories. Early into the Al Aqsa Intifada, it became the first state to publicly outline a policy of “liquidation” and “preemptive targeted killing,” when two female bystanders were killed during an operation to kill a Palestinian militant, Hussein ‘Abayat, on 9 November 2000. Killings in the past were often premised on revenge for earlier crimes, and required a quasi-judicial commission to convict the target of culpability before action was taken. The policy, re-introduced by Ariel Sharon in the face of suicide bombings, no longer took evidence of potential involvement by the target in future attacks on Israel as decisive, and the decision was left to the discretion of the Prime Minister and Shin Bet.

According to the former Legal Advisor to the State Department Judge Abraham Sofaer:

...killings in self-defense are no more "assassinations" in international affairs than they are murders when undertaken by our police forces against domestic killers. Targeted killings in self-defense have been authoritatively determined by the federal government to fall outside the assassination prohibition.

A state engaged in such activities must however, Sofaer concluded, openly acknowledge its responsibility and accept accountability for mistakes made.

This characterization is criticized by many, including Amnesty International.

B'tselem has calculated that between 2002 and May 2008, at least 387 Palestinians died as a result of Israeli targeted killings, of which 234 were the targets, and the rest collateral casualties. The majority of Israeli targeted killings have taken place in Area A of the West Bank lying within the jurisdiction of the Palestinian National Authority. Some of killings listed below have been denied by Israel. Most fall within a series of campaigns, including Operation Wrath of God (launched in response to the 1972 Munich massacre), Israeli actions in the wake of the al-Aqsa Intifada (2000–), and strikes during the 2008–09 Gaza War. Gaza, according to Eyal Weizman, has now become 'the world's largest laboratory for airborne assassinations.' According to reports, as part of the long-term cease-fire terms negotiated between Israel, Hamas and other Palestinian groups to end the 2014 Israel–Gaza conflict, Israel pledged it would desist from its targeted assassinations against Palestinian resistance activists and faction leaders.

The policy of targeted killings is known in Hebrew as "focused foiling" (Hebrew: סיכול ממוקד sikul memukad).

1950s

Date	Place	Target	Description	Action	Killer
July 13, 1956	Gaza Strip	Mustafa Hafez	Egyptian Army Lieutenant-Colonel, responsible for recruiting refugees to carry out attacks in Israel.	Parcel bomb	IDF operation directed by Yehoshafat Harkabi.
July 14, 1956	Amman	Salah Mustafa	Egyptian Military attache	Parcel bomb	IDF operation directed by Yehoshafat Harkabi.

1960s

Date	Place	Target	Description	Action	Killer
September 11, 1962	Munich, Germany	Heinz Krug	West German rocket scientist working for Egypt's missile program	Abducted from his company offices on Munich's Schillerstrasse, his body was never found. Swiss police later arrested two Mossad agents for threatening the daughter of another scientist and found that they were responsible for the killing. Part of Operation Damocles.	Mossad
November 28, 1962	Heluan, Egypt	5 Egyptian factory workers	Workers employed at Factory 333, an Egyptian rocket factory.	Letter bomb sent bearing Hamburg post mark. Another such bomb disfigured and blinded a secretary. Part of Operation Damocles.	Mossad
February 23, 1965	Montevideo, Uruguay	Herberts Cukurs	Aviator who had been involved in the murders of Latvian Jews during the Holocaust	Lured to and killed in Montevideo by agents under the false pretense of starting an aviation business.	Mossad (alleged)

1970s

Date	Place	Target	Description	Action	Killer
July 8, 1972	Beirut	Ghassan Kanafani	Palestinian writer and a leading member of the PFLP, who had claimed responsibility for the Lod Airport massacre on behalf of the PFLP.	Killed by car bomb.	Mossad
July 25, 1972	Beirut	Attempted killing of Bassam Abu Sharif	Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine Information Office. He held a press conference with Ghassan Kanafani during the Dawson's Field hijackings justifying the PFLP's actions.	He lost four fingers, and was left deaf in one ear and blind in one eye, after a book sent to him that was implanted with a bomb exploded in his hands.	Mossad
October 16, 1972	Rome	Abdel Wael Zwaiter	Libyan embassy employee, cousin of Yassir Arafat, PLO representative, poet and multilingual translator, considered by Israel to be a terrorist for his alleged role in the Black September group and the Munich massacre, though Aaron Klein states that 'uncorroborated and improperly cross-referenced intelligence information tied him to a support group' for Black September.	Shot 12 times by two Mossad gunmen as he waited for an elevator to his apartment near Piazza Avellino.	Mossad
December 8, 1972	Paris	Mahmoud Hamshari	PLO representative in France and coordinator of the Munich Olympic Games massacre.	Killed by bomb concealed in his telephone.	Mossad
January 24, 1973	Nicosia	Hussein Al Bashir a.k.a. Hussein Abu-Khair/Hussein Abad.	Fatah representative in Nicosia, Cyprus and PLO liaison officer with the KGB.	Killed by bomb in his hotel room bed.	Caesarea hit team
April 6, 1973	Paris	Basil Al-Kubaissi	PFLP member and American University of Beirut Professor of International Law	Killed on a street in Paris by two Mossad agents.	Mossad .
April 9, 1973	Beirut	Kamal Adwan	Black September commander and member of the Fatah central committee	Killed in his apartment in front of his children during Operation Spring of Youth, either shot 55 times or killed with a grenade.	Sayeret Matkal led by Ehud Barak
April 9, 1973	Beirut	Muhammad Youssef Al-Najjar	Black September Operations officer and PLO official	Shot dead in his apartment together with his wife during Operation Spring of Youth.	Sayeret Matkal together with Mossad.
April 9, 1973	Beirut	Kamal Nasser	Palestinian Christian poet, advocate of non-violence and PLO spokesman	Shot dead in his apartment during Operation Spring of Youth. According to Palestinian sources his body was left as if hanging from a cross. A woman neighbour was shot dead when she opened her door during the operation.	Sayeret Matkal
April 11, 1973	Athens	Zaiad Muchasi	Fatah representative to Cyprus	Killed in hotel room.	Israeli agents
June 28, 1973	Paris	Mohammad Boudia	Black September operations officer	Killed by pressure-activated mine under his car seat.	Mossad
July 21, 1973	Lillehammer, Norway	Attempted killing of Ali Hassan Salameh	High-ranked leader in the PLO and Black September who was behind the 1972 Munich Olympic Games massacre	Ahmed Bouchiki, an innocent waiter believed to be Ali Hassan Salameh, killed by gunmen. Known as the Lillehammer affair.	Mossad
March 27, 1978	German Democratic Republic	Wadie Haddad	PFLP commander, who masterminded several plane hijackings in the 1960s and 1970s.	He apparently died of cancer in an East Berlin hospital, reportedly untraced by Mossad. Mossad never claimed responsibility. Aaron Klein states that Mossad passed on through a Palestinian contact a gift of chocolates laced with a slow poison, which effectively caused his death several months later.	Mossad (alleged)
January 22, 1979	Beirut	Ali Hassan Salameh	High-ranked leader in the PLO and Black September who was behind the 1972 Munich Olympic Games massacre	Killed by remote-controlled car bomb, along with four bodyguards and four innocent bystanders.	Mossad
July 26, 1979	Cannes	Zuheir Mohsen	Leader of the pro-Syria as-Sa'iqa faction of the Palestine Liberation Organization	Shot in the front of casino.	Probably Caesarea agents

1980s

Date	Place	Target	Description	Action	Executor
June 13, 1980	Paris	Yehia El-Mashad	Egyptian nuclear scientist, lecturer at Alexandria University	Killed in his room at the Méridien Hotel in Operation Sphinx. Marie-Claude Magal, prostitute, client of El-Meshad, pushed under a car and killed in the Boulevard Saint-Germain.	Mossad
August 21, 1983	Athens	Mamoun Meraish	Senior PLO official	Shot in his car from motorcycle.	Mossad
June 9, 1986	Athens	Khalid Nazzal	Secretary of the DFLP (Democratic Front for Liberation of Palestine)	Killed in Athens by Mossad agents who entered Greece with fake passports, shot Nazzal while leaving his hotel, and fled the country.	Mossad
October 21, 1986	Athens	Munther Abu Ghazaleh	High-ranked leader in the PLO. Senior member of the National Palestinian Council, the Revolutionary Council of Al Fatah and the Supreme Military Council of the Revolutionary Palestinian Forces.	Killed by car bomb	Mossad
April 16, 1988	Tunis	Abu Jihad	Second-in-command to Yassir Arafat	Shot dead in front of his family in the Tunis Raid by Israeli commandos under the direction of Ehud Barak and Moshe Ya'alon, and condemned as a political assassination by the United States State Department.	IDF

1990s

Date	Place	Target	Description	Action	Executor
March 20, 1990	Brussels	Gerald Bull	Canadian engineer and designer of the Project Babylon "supergun" for the Iraqi government	Shot at door to his apartment	Attributed to Mossad by several sources, and widely believed to be a Mossad operation by intelligence experts, Gordon Thomas states it was the work of Mossad's director Nahum Admoni. Israel denied involvement at the time. and several other countries had interests in seeing him dead.
February 16, 1992	Lebanon	Abbas al-Musawi	Secretary-General of Hezbollah	After 3 IDF soldiers were killed by Palestinian militants of the PIJ during a training exercise at Gal'ed in Israel, Israel retaliated by killing Musawi in his car, together with his wife Sihan and 5 year old child Hussein, with seven missiles launched from two Apache Israeli helicopters. Hezbollah retaliated by the attacking Israel's embassy in Argentina.	IDF
June 8, 1992	Paris	Atef Bseiso	Palestinian official involved in Munich Massacre	Shot several times in the head at point-blank range by 2 gunmen, in his hotel (Aaron Klein's "Striking Back")	Mossad, with French complicity, according to the PLO, but French security sources suggested the hand of Abu Nidal.
October 26, 1995	Sliema, Malta	Fathi Shaqaqi	Head of Palestinian Islamic Jihad	Shot and killed in front of Diplomat Hotel.	Mossad.
January 6, 1996	Beit Lahiya Refugee Camp	Yahya Ayyash	"The Engineer", Hamas bomb maker	Head blown off by cell phone bomb in Osama Hamad's apartment, responding to a call from his father. Osama's father, Kamal Hamad, was a known collaborator with Israel, and it was bruited in Israel that he had betrayed his son's friend for $1 million, a fake passport and a U.S. visa.	Covert Israeli operation
September 25, 1997	Amman	Khaled Mashaal (failed attempt)	Hamas political leader	Attempted poisoning. Israel provided antidote, after pressure by Clinton. Canada withdrew Ambassador.	Two Mossad agents with Canadian passports arrested

2000s

• 2000, September 29-2001, April 25. According to Palestinian sources, the IDF assassinated 13 political activists in Area A under full Palestinian Authority, with 9 civilian casualties.
• 2001 Israel killed 35 suspected Palestinian militants.
• 2002 Israel killed 72 suspected militants.
• 2003 (August) The Israeli government authorized the killing of Hamas's entire political leadership in Gaza, 'without further notice,' in a method called 'the hunting season' in order to strengthen the position of moderates and Mahmoud Abbas.
• 2005 In February Israel announced a suspension of targeted killings, while reserving the right to kill allegedly 'ticking bombs'.

Date	Place	Target	Description	Action	Executor
November 9, 2000	Beit Sahur	Hussein Mohammed Abayat (37);	Abayat was a senior official of the Fatah faction Tanzim.	Killed while driving his Mitsubishi by a Hellfire anti-tank missile fired from an Israeli Apache helicopter. Rahma She’ibat, (50); ‘Aziza Dannoun Jobran (52), two local women, were killed by a second missile, and Nazhmi She’ibat and his wife were also injured. Accused of shooting at the Gilo settlement.	IDF
November 22, 2000	Southern Gaza Strip near ex-settlement of Morag	Jamal Abdel Raziq (39), and Awni Dhuheir (38).	Senior official of the Fatah faction Tanzim	Killed on the Rafah-Khan Yunis western road near the junction leading to Morag settlement while in a Honda Civic with driver, Awni Dhuheir, when their car was machine-gunned from two tanks at close range. First version, they were about to attack Morag; second version, Raziq was targeted after firing at IDF soldiers. His uncle was later sentenced to death for collaborating in his nephews death by furnishing Israel with details. Two bystanders in a taxi behind them also killed (Sami Abu Laban, 29, baker, and Na’el Shehdeh El-Leddawi, 25, student).	IDF
November 23, 2000	Nablus	Ibrahim 'Abd al-Karim Bani 'Odeh (34)	Unknown. Had been jailed for 3 years by the PNA until two weeks before his death.	Killed while driving a Subaru near Al-Salam mosque. Israeli version, he died from his own rudimentary bomb. Palestinian version: his cousin ‘Allan Bani ‘Oudeh confessed to collaborating with Israel in an assassination, and was convicted and shot in Jan, 2001.	?
December 11, 2000	Nablus	Anwar Mahmoud Hamran (28)	A PIJ bombing suspect. Jailed for 2 years by PNA and released 6 weeks before his death.	Targeted on a campus of Al-Quds Open University while waiting for a taxi-cab. Shot 19 times by a sniper at 500 yards. IDF version shot by soldiers in self-defence. Palestinian version, he died with books in his hand.	IDF
December 12, 2000	al-Khader	Yusef Ahmad Mahmoud Abu Sawi (28)	Unknown	Targeted and shot by a sniper at 200 metres, 17 bullets.	IDF
December 13, 2000	Hebron	‘Abbas ‘Othman El-‘Oweiwi(25)	Hamas activist	Targeted and shot 3 times in head and chest by a sniper while standing in front of his store in Wadi Al-Tuffah Street.	IDF
December 14, 2000	Burin	Saed Ibrahim Taha al-Kharuf (35)		Targeted and shot dead.	IDF.
December 14, 2000	Junction of Salah el-Din near Deir al-Balah	Hani Hussein Abu Bakra (32)	Israeli version. Hamas activist shot as he tried to fire from a pistol.	Driver of a Hyundai taxi van. Palestinian version: shot while reaching for his identity card which he was asked to produce when stopped. 4 of seven passengers wounded, one of whom, ‘Abdullah ‘Eissa Gannan, 40, died 10 days later.	IDF
December 17, 2000	Qalandiyya	Samih Malabi	Tanzim officer.	Mobile phone bomb.	?
December 31, 2000	Tulkarem	Thabat Ahmad Thabat	Classed by Israel as head of Tanzim cell. Dentist, lecturer on public health at Al Quds University, and Fatah Secretary General on the West Bank.	Israeli Special Forces sniper shot him as he drove his car from his home in Ramin, classified as an apparent political assassination.	IDF
February 13, 2001	Zeitoun, Gaza City	Mas’oud Hussein ‘Ayyad (50)	Lieutenant-colonel in Force 17, aide of Yasser Arafat held responsible for a failed mortar attack on a Jewish settlement in Gaza. The IDF also alleged, without providing evidence, that he intended to form a Hezbollah cell in the Gaza Strip.	Killed while driving a Hyundai in Jabalia Camp by a Cobra gunship launching 3rockets.	IAF
February 19, 2001	Balata refugee camp, Nablus	Mahmoud Suleiman El-Madani (25)	Hamas activist	Shot by two men in plainclothes as he left a mosque. As they fled, according to the Palestinian version, covering fire was provided by an Israeli unit on Mount Gerizim.	Admitted Israeli undercover operation.
April 2, 2001	Al-Barazil neighborhood of Rafah	Mohammed ‘Attwa ‘Abdel-‘Aal (26)	PIJ	Combat helicopters fired three rockets at his Peugeot Thunder, hitting also the taxi behind, whose occupants survived.	IAF
April 5, 2001	Jenin	Iyad Mohammed Hardan (26)	Head of the PIJ in Jenin. IDF version. He was involved in the 1997 Mahane Yehuda Market Bombings	Blown up in a public phone booth, when, reportedly, an Israeli helicopter was flying overhead.Baruch Kimmerling classifies it as an apparent political execution to provoke Palestinians.
April 25, 2001	Rafah-Egyptian border	Ramadan Ismail ‘Azzam (33); Samir Sabri Zo’rob (34); Sa’di Mohammed El-Dabbas (32); Yasser Hamdan El-Dabbas (18)	Popular Resistance Committees members	Blown up while examining a triangular object with flashing lights that had been reported as lying near the border earlier that day. Palestinians say the object exploded as an Israeli helicopter passed overhead.
May 5, 2001	Bethlehem	Ahmad Khalil ‘Eissa Assad (38)	PIJ activist	Hit while leaving his house for work, reportedly from shots (15) fired from the Israeli military outpost at Tel Abu Zaid, 250 metres away. His niece, Ala, was also injured. Israel said the victim intended carrying out armed operations in the future inside Israel.	IDF
May 12, 2001	Jenin	Mutassam Mohammed al-Sabagh (28)	Fatah activist	In a car with two Palestinian intelligence officers, who managed to escape on sighting an Apache helicopter, which struck it with three missiles. The two officers were also wounded. A fourth missile struck a Palestinian police car killing Sergeant Aalam al-Raziq al-Jaloudi, and injuring Lieutenant Tariq Mohammed Amin al-Haj. Two bystanders also wounded. Israeli Army accused the three of plotting attacks on nearby settlers.	IAF
June 24, 2001	Nablus	Osama Fatih al-Jawabra (Jawabiri) (29)	al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade militant. His name was on an Israeli wanted list submitted to PNA.	Bomb exploded as he picked up a phone in a public telephone booth. Two brothers, Malik Shabaro (2), and Amar Shabaro (4) injured.	Alleged by PNA to be IDF,. but denied by the Israeli government.
July 17, 2001	Bethlehem	Omar Ahmed Sa’adeh (45)	Hamas leader	Killed by two wire-guided missiles fired by two Israeli helicopter gunships at his garden hut, killing also Taha Aal-Arrouj (37). His brother Izhaq Ahmed Sa’adeh (51), a peace activist, and his cousin Hamad Saleh Sa’adeh (29), were killed by a further missile as they rushed towards the rubble. A dozen people nearby were wounded. Israel maintained that it was a preventive attack on a planner of a terrorist attack at the Maccabiah Games.	IAF
July 23, 2001	'Anin, west of Jenin	Mustafa Yusuf Hussein Yassin (26)	?	Released from an Israeli prison earlier that day. According to his wife, he opened the door on hearing noises outside their home and was shot at point-blank range in front of his family. Israeli sources say he was planning to bomb Israeli targets.	IDF
July 25, 2001	Nablus	Salah Nour al-Din Khalil Darwouza (38)	Hamas	Car hit while driving in Nablus. He evaded two missiles from an Apache helicopter, but the car was hit by a further 4. Israel claimed he planned bombing attacks on French hill, and Netanya.	IAF
July 31, 2001	Nablus	Jamal Mansour (41); Jamal Salim Damouni (42)	High-ranking official of Hamas' West Bank political wing	Killed when office struck by helicopter-launched missiles as Mansour was giving an interview to journalists in the Palestinian Centre for Studies and Media. 4 others killed in the room: Mohammed al-Bishawi (28);Othman Qathnani (25);Omar Mansour (28); Fahim Dawabsha, (32). Two children, aged 5 and 8, outside were also killed, and three more adults injured by shrapnel. Eyal Weizman states its purpose was to derail peace talks.	IDF
August 5, 2001	Tulkarm	Amer Mansour Habiri/Aamer Mansour al-Hudairy (22)	Hamas	Missiles fired at car.	IDF
August 20, 2001	Hebron, West Bank	Imad Abu Sneneh	Leader of Tanzim	Shot and killed.	Israeli undercover team
August 27, 2001	Ramallah	Abu Ali Mustafa (63)	Head of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine and senior executive leader of the PLO.	Killed by laser-guided missiles fired from Apache helicopters while talking on the phone in his office.Baruch Kimmerling classifies it as an apparent political execution to provoke Palestinians. Other sources say Shin Bet convinced the Israeli Cabinet he was connected to terrorism.	IAF
September 6, 2001	Tulkarm	'Omar Mahmoud Dib Subuh (22); Mustafa 'Ahed Hassan 'Anbas (19).	Unknown	Targeted and killed by a helicopter missile in an attempt to assassinate 4 Palestinians, of whom 2 died.	IDF
October 14, 2001	Qalqiliya	'Abd a-Rahman Sa'id Hamed (33)	Unknown	Targeted by a sniper and shot at the entrance to his house.	IDF
October 15, 2001	Nablus	Ahmad Hassan Marshud (29)	Unknown	Targeted killing by explosion.	?
October 18, 2001	Beit Sahur	Jamal 'Abdallah 'Abayiat (35); 'Issa 'Atef Khatib 'Abayiat (28); 'Atef Ahmad 'Abayiat (25).	Unknown	The three, all relatives were killed while driving a Jeep.	IDF
October 22, 2001	Nablus	Ayman Halawah (26).	Unknown	Killed while riding in a car.	?
31 October 2001	Hebron	Jamil Jadallah al-Qawasmeh (25).	Unknown	Killed by a helicopter missile which struck his house.	IAF
2 November 2001	Tulkarm	Fahmi Abu 'Easheh (28); Yasser 'Asira (25)	Unknown	Killed by gunfire whole driving in a car.	IDF
23 November 2001	Farìa Refugee Camp	Mahmoud a-Shuli (Abu Hanud) (33); Maamun 'Awaisa (22); Ayman 'Awaisa (33).	Unknown	all three killed while riding in a taxi by a helicopter missile.	IDF
December 10, 2001	Hebron	Burhan al-Haymuni (3); Shadi Ahmad 'Arfah (13)	None	Two brothers killed in a vehicle hit by a helicopter missile during a targeted killing of a person in a nearby car.	IDF
January 14, 2002	Tulkarem, West Bank	Raed (Muhammad Ra'if ) Karmi (28)	Head of the Tanzim in Tulkarem	He had planned the murders of two Israelis in Tulkarem, and was behind a failed assassination attempt on the life of an IAF colonel. After surviving an attempt to kill him by helicopter on September 6, 2001, he was persuaded by Arafat to desist from violence but killed twenty three days after a ceasefire was in place because the Shin Bet was convinced they would never have the same operational opportunity to take him out. Killed from a bomb planted in a cemetery wall, set off by a UAV circling above when he passed by it on a visit to his mistress, to create the impression he had blown himself up accidentally.	Baruch Kimmerling classifies it as an apparent political execution to provoke Palestinians. Eyal Weizman states its purpose was to derail peace talks.
January 22, 2002	Nablus, West Bank	Yusif Suragji	West Bank head of Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades. Three other Hamas members also killed. Palestinian Authority claims it was an assassination.	Killed in a raid on an alleged explosives factory.	Israeli army
January 24, 2002	Khan Yunis	Adli Hamadan (Bakr Hamdan)	Senior Hamas member	missile attack on car.	Israeli Air Force
February 4, 2002	Rafah	Ayman Bihdari	DFLP member wanted for 25 August 2001 raid in which three Israeli soldiers were killed.	missile attack on car. Four other DFLP members killed.	IAF
February 16, 2002	Jenin	Nazih Mahmoud Abu a-Saba'	Second ranking Hamas officer in Jenin.	Killed by a bomb planted in his car, in a targeted killing.	IDF
March 5, 2002	al-Birah	Mohammad(Diriyah Munir) Abu Halawa (23); Fawzi Murar (32); 'Omar Hussein Nimer Qadan (27).	Wanted AMB member.	Missile fired at car from helicopter, Murar and Qadan according to B'tselem were not combatants at the time.	IAF
March 6, 2002	Gaza City	Abdel Rahman Ghadal	Hamas member	Missile attack on his home.	IAF
March 9, 2002	Ramallah	Samer Wajih Yunes 'Awis (29)	Not a participant in hostilities at the time, according to B'tselem.	Killed by missile fired from a helicopter, which struck a car he was travelling in.	IDF
March 14, 2002	Anabta	Mutasen Hamad (Mu'atasem Mahmoud 'Abdallah Hammad) (28); 'Atef Subhi Balbisi (Balbiti) (25).	Hamad was an Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigade member and bomb maker.	3 missiles fired from an Israeli attack helicopter at Hamad's car, near a chicken farm. A Palestinian source say a bystander, a chicken farmer (Maher Balbiti) was also killed. An Israeli sources identify him as a terrorist.	IAF
April 5, 2002	Tubas	Qeis 'Adwan (25); Saed 'Awwad (25); Majdi Balasmeh (26); Ashraf Daraghmeh (29); Muhammad Kmeil (28); Munqez Sawafta (29)	Qeis 'adwan was a Hamas activist and bomb maker to whom several suicide bomb attacks were attributed.	Targeted in a combined drone, tank and special forces siege during Operation Defensive Shield. Given hospitality in his house by Munqez Sawafta. After hours of gunfire, and a refusal to surrender, a D-9 armored bulldozer crushed part of the house and the remaining 3 were shot.	IDF
April 22, 2002	Hebron	Marwan Zaloum (59) and Samir Abu Rajoub.	Tanzim Hebron leader and Force 17 member	Killed by a helicopter missile while driving a car. Zaloum was on an Israeli wanted list, and thought responsible for shootings, including that Shalhevet Pass. Israeli helicopter strike.	IAF
May 22, 2002	Balata refugee camp, Nablus	Iyad Hamdan (22); 'Imad Khatib (25); Mahmoud 'Abdallah Sa'id Titi (30); Bashir Yaish (30)	Unknown, the first three were targeted.	All four killed by a shell shot from an Israeli tank. Yaish was not involved in hostilities at the time.	IDF
June 24, 2002	Rafah	Yasir Raziq, 'Amr Kufa.	Izzeddln al-Qassam Brigades leaders.	Missiles fired at two taxis, killing two other passengers (reportedly also Hamas activists), the two drivers and injuring 13 bystanders.	IAF
June 30, 2002	Nablus	Muhaned Taher, Imad Draoza.	Muhaned Taher, nom de guerre "Engineer 4", was a master Hamas bomber claimed by Israel to be responsible for both the Patt Junction Bus Bombing and the Dolphinarium discotheque suicide bombing.	Died with a deputy in a shoot-out with Israeli raiding commandos.	IDF naval commandos
June 17, 2002	al-Khader	Walid Sbieh|	?	Shot by an Israeli sniper in a targeted killing while in his car.	IDF
July 4, 2002	Gaza City	Jihad Amerin/(Aqid) Jihad Amrain	Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades Colonel.	Killed in a car bomb.	Israel Security Forces.
July 23, 2002	Gaza City	Salah Shahade (Shehadeh)	Leader of Hamas Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades	Killed by 2,205-pound explosive dropped by an F-16. The attack also killed fourteen other Palestinians including his wife and 9 children. Yesh Gvul and Gush Shalom tried to have Dan Halutz indicted, but the case was dropped. Killed on the eve of an announced unilateral cease-fire by Tanzim and Eyal Weizman states its purpose was to derail peace talks.	IAF. 27 reserve pilots undersigned a pilots' letter refusing to serve in IAF sorties over the West Bank and Gaza in protest.
August 6, 2002	Jaba, Jenin	Ali Ajuri, Murad Marshud	Classified as people not known to be involved in the fighting (B'tselem).	Ajuri (21) was killed by an air-to-surface missile, during an attempt to arrest him. Murad Marshud (19) killed as bystander.	IAF
August 14, 2002	Tubas	Nassa Jarrar	Senior member of Hamas's militant wing.	Died crushed by rubble when an IDF bulldozer demolished his house. The IDF admitted it compelled at gunpoint Nidal Abu M'khisan (19) to act as a human shield and get the victim out of his house. Jarrar shot the youth, believing he was an IDF soldier. The victim was wheelchair bound. Israel suspected him of preparing a bomb an Israeli high-rise building.	IDF
August 31	Tubas	Bahira Daraghmeh (6); Ousamah Daraghmeh (12); Raafat Daraghmeh (29); Yazid 'Abd al-Razaq Daraghmeh (17); Sari Mahmoud Subuh (17).		Five victims who did not participate in hostilities when killed during a targeted killing, from a helicopter fired missile. An eyewitness account was later provided by 'Aref Daraghmeh.
October 13, 2002	Beit Jala	Muhammad Ishteiwi 'Abayat (28)	?	Killed in an explosion in a telephone booth, in a targeted killing.
October 29, 2002	Tubas	Assim Sawafta Age 19	Hamas Izzedine al Qassam military leader.	Killed by an undercover army unit, after failing to surrender.	IDF
November 4, 2002	Nablus	Hamed 'Omar a-Sader (36); Firas Abu Ghazala (27).	Unknown	Killed by a car-bomb. According to B'tselem, Firas Abu Ghazala was not engaged in hostilities at the time.	IDF
November 26, 2002	Jenin	Alah Sabbagh (26); Imad Nasrti/'Imad Nasharteh (22);	Sabbagh reportedly an Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade member, Nasrti Hamas local leader.	Killed in an Israeli airstrike on a house in the Jenin refugee camp by two missiles fired into a room.	IAF
December 23, 2002	wadi Burqin near Jenin	Shumann Hassan Subuh (29) and Mustafa Kash (26/30)	Subah was a Hamas commander and bomb maker.	Ambushed by IDF unit as Kash drove a tractor between Burqin and Al-Yamun.	IDF
January 30, 2003	Burqin	Faiz al-Jabber (32)	?	Targeted when Israeli forces opened fire at a Fatah group. He fled, was wounded, then shot dead at close range.	Israeli Border Police
March 8, 2003	Gaza City	Ibrahim al-Makadmeh	Gaza Dentist. Second-in-Command of Hamas's Military Wing. Hamas political leader.	He and three of his aides killed by helicopter-fired missiles.	IAF
March 18, 2003	Baqat al-Hatab	Nasser Asida	Hamas commander	Shot while hiding in a cave, On Israel's most wanted list as alleged mastermind of attacks on Israeli settlements in the West Bank.	IDF's Kfir Brigade
March 25, 2003	Bethlehem	Mwafaq 'Abd a-Razaq Shhadeh Badawneh (40); 'Alaa Iyad (24); Nader Salameh Jawarish (25); Christine George S'adeh (11)	?	IDF version, agents were ambushed and shot dead 2 Palestinian gunmen, and a girl in a car that blundered into the battle, and was believed to be part of the ambush. The girl's parents and sister were wounded. B'tselem reports that three of the 4 did not participate in hostilities at the time, but were killed during the targeted assassination by an undercover team of Nader Gawarish and Nader Salameh Jawarish	IDF Undercover unit
April 8, 2003	Zeitoun, Gaza City	Said al-Arabid	Hamas	IAF airplane strike on his car followed by helicopter missiles. Seven Palestinians, ranging from 6 to 75, were killed, 47 wounded, 8 critically.	IAF
April 9, 2003	Gaza City	Mahmoud Zatma	Islamic Jihad Movement in Palestine Senior Commander, Bomb Maker	Apache helicopter hit the car he was driving in Gaza City, 10 bystanders injured.	IAF
April 12, 2003	Tulkarm	Jasser Hussein Ahmad 'Alumi (23)	?	Killed by gunfire. Object of a targeted killing.	IDF
April 10, 2003	Tulkarm	Yasser Alemi	Fatah, Tanzim	Shot and killed as a fugitive in Tulkarm.	Israeli Border Police undercover unit
April 29, 2003	southern Gaza Strip	Nidal Salameh	PFLP	Killed when 4 helicopter missiles struck his car	IAF
May 8, 2003	Northern Gaza City	Iyad el-Bek (30)	Aide of Salah Shehade, Hamas activist.	Killed by three helicopter missiles fired at a car.	IAF
June 11, 2003	Shijaiyah	Tito Massoud (35) and Soffil Abu Nahez (29)	Massoud was a senior member of Hamas's military wing.	Retaliatory strike one hour after the Davidka Square bus bombing. 4 bystanders also killed	IAF
June 12, 2003	Gaza City	Jihad Srour and Yasser Taha	Hamas members	Killed by between 4 and 6 helicopter missiles while their car was caught in a traffic jam, near a cemetery where victims of the June 11 strike the day before were being buried. Collateral damage consisted of 6 other victims including Taha's wife and child. 25 others were injured by the blasts.	IAF
June 12, 2003	Jenin	Fadi Taisir Jaradat (21); Saleh Suliman Jaradat (31)	Saleh Suliman Jaradat was an Islamic Jihad activist	Both killed at the entrance of their home, the latter being the target. Fadi Jaradat did not participate in hostilities at the time, according to B'tselem.	IDF
June 21, 2003	Hebron	'Abdallah 'Abd al-Qader Husseini al-Qawasmeh (41)	Wanted by IDF	Shot dead after getting out of a taxi before a mosque. Three vans approached, with a dozen Israelis disguised as Palestinian labourers, and he was shot in the leg, perhaps while fleeing to a nearby field, and then finished off.	IDF Undercover unit
August 21, 2003	Gaza City	Ismail Abu Shanab (48)	Engineer and high-ranking Hamas moderate and pragmatist. High-ranking Hamas official	Missile strike, ending a cease-fire.	IAF
August 24, 2003	Gaza City	Walid el Hams, Ahmed Rashdi Eshtwi (24), Ahmed Abu Halala, Muhammad Abu Lubda	Hamas members. Eshtwi was said by the IDF to be a Hamas liaison officer with West Bank cells.	Twin helicopter missile strike as the five were sitting in a vacant lot near a Force 17 base. Several bystanders were injured, and a further Hamas member critically wounded.	IAF
August 26, 2003	Gaza City	Khaled Massoud brother of Tito Massoud, killed 3 months earlier.	Hamas Qassam rocket designer, alleged to be involved in mortar strikes.	Attempted assassination of Massoud, who was with two other Hamas activists, Wa'al Akilan and Massoud Abu Sahila, in a car. Alerted to the threat, the three men managed to escape from their car as 3 missiles struck it and killed a passing 65-year-old Jabaliya donkey driver Hassan Hemlawi, who was driving his cart. Two bystanders were also wounded, including four children.	IAF
August 28, 2003	Khan Yunis	Hamdi Khalaq	Izzedine al Qassam	3 missiles struck hit a donkey cart Khalaq was driving. Three Gazans nearby were wounded. The IDF said he was on his way to a mortar attack on an Israeli settlement in the Gaza Strip.	IDF
August 30, 2003	On a road linking the Nusseirat and Bureij refugee camps in the Gaza Strip.	Abdullah Akel (37) and Farid Mayet (40)	Hamas members, said to have fired mortar shells and Qassam rocks.	Killed when 4 helicopter missiles struck their pickup truck. Seven others Palestinians were wounded by the fire.. IDF soldiers machine-gunned an 8-year-old girl Aya Fayad the same day in the Khan Yunis refugee camp, while, according to IDF reports, shooting at road-bomb militants detonating bombs on a patrol route. 'Israeli strike kills two militants,'	IAF
September 1, 2003	Gaza City	Khader Houssre (36)	Hamas member	Killed when 4 helicopter missiles struck a car with 3 Hamas members, in a crowded side street. The second was critically wounded, while the other managed to flee. 25 bystanders were injured in the strike.	IAF
October 28, 2003	Tulharm Refugee Camp	Ibrahim 'Aref Ibrahim a-N'anish	Wanted by IDF	Shot dead, unarmed, as he drove his car to the entrance of the refugee camp.	IDF
December 25, 2003	Gaza City	Mustafa Sabah	Hamas master bomb maker, thought behind explosions that blew up 3 Merkava tanks inside the Gaza Strip.	Killed when 3 helicopter missiles destroyed a Palestinian Authority compound where Sabah worked as a part-time guard.	IAF
December 25, 2003	Gaza Strip	Mekled Hameid	PIJ commander.	Helicopter gunship attack on car, killing its occupants, including two PIJ members. Two bystanders were also reported killed and some 25 bystanders injured.	IAF
February 2, 2004	Nablus	Hashem Da'ud Ishteiwi Abu Hamdan (2); Muhammad Hasanein Mustafa Abu Hamdan (24); Nader Mahmoud 'Abd al-Hafiz Abu Leil (24); Na'el Ziad Husseini Hasanein (22).	All four wanted by the IDF	Killed in a car struck by a missile fired from a helicopter.	IDF
February 7, 2004	Gaza City	Aziz Mahmoud Shami	Islamic Jihad Movement in Palestine local field commander, claimed to be behind a 1995 double suicide bombing in Netanya.	Missile strike incinerated his car while he drove down a crowded street, and a passing 12-year-old boy was killed, and 10 others wounded.
February 28, 2004	Jabaliya refugee camp	Amin Dahduh, Mahmoud Juda, Aiyman Dahduh.	PIJ military commander	Missiles hit his car as it travelled from Gaza city to the refugee camp. Two passengers are also killed and eleven bystanders wounded.	Israeli helicopters.
March 3, 2004	Gaza City	Tarad Jamal, Ibrahim Dayri and Ammar Hassan.	Senior Hamas members	Missiles from helicopter fired at their car as it drove down a coastal road.	Helicopter strike.
March 16, 2004	Gaza City	Nidal Salfiti and Shadi Muhana	Islamic Jihad Movement in Palestine	Israeli missile strike.
March 22, 2004	Gaza City	Ahmed Yassin	Co-founder and leader of Hamas	The purpose of the operation was to strengthen the position of Mahmoud Abbas. As Yassin left a mosque at dawn, he, 2 bodyguards, and 7 bystanders killed by Israeli Air Force AH-64 Apache-fired Hellfire missiles. 17 bystanders were wounded.	IAF
April 17, 2004	Gaza City	Abdel Aziz al-Rantissi	Co-founder and leader of Hamas, and successor of Ahmed Yassin as leader of Hamas after his death	The purpose of the operation was to strengthen the position of Mahmoud Abbas. al-Rantissi was killed by helicopter-fired missiles, along with his son and bodyguard. Several bystanders were injured.	IAF
April 22, 2004	Talluza	Yasser Ahmed Abu Laimun (32)	Lecturer in hospital management at the Arab-American University in Jenin, mistaken for Imad Mohammed Janajra. IDF initially reported he was a Hamas member.	Initially reported shot after shooting, and then running away from an Israeli attack dog, trained to seize wanted individuals. His widow testified that he was shot, while in his garden, from a distance of 200 yards by gunfire from Israeli soldiers behind an oak tree. The IDF apologized.	IDF
May 5, 2004	Talluza	Imad Mohammed Janajra (31)	Hamas leader	Ambushed in an olive grove, after an earlier attempt, mistaking Abu Laimun for him. Said by IDF to be armed and approaching them.	Golani Brigade's elite Egoz unit.
May 30, 2004	Zeitoun, Gaza City	Wael Nassar	Hamas mastermind behind the mine that blew up an Israeli troop carrier raiding Gaza City, on May 11, killing 6 soldier.	He was killed on his motorcycle, together with his aide, by a missile strike which also wounded 7 civilians, including a woman and two children. A second following missile killed another Hamas member nearby.	Helicopter strike
June 14, 2004	Nablus	Khalil Mahmoud Zuhdi Marshud (24)'Awad Hassan Ahmad Abu Zeid (24).	Head of Al-Aqsa Brigades in Nablus	Earlier targeted in a Nablus missile attack on a car on May 3, killing 3 Al Aqsa Brigade members. He was in a different vehicle. Killed when a missile hit a car outside the Balata refugee camp, also killing PIJ members Awad Abu Zeid e Mohammed Al Assi (Israeli version). Abu Zeid did not engage in hostilities when killed (B'tselem report). Israeli Army radio said the decision to kill him followed on several failures to arrest him. The same day, an attempt to kill Zakaria Zubeidi, head of the Jenin al Aqsa Brigades, failed.	IDF
June 26, 2004	Nablus	Nayef Abu Sharkh (40) Jafer el-Massari Fadi Bagit Sheikh Ibrahim and the others.	Respectively Tanzim Hamas Nablus officer; Islamic Jihad officer.	Killed by IDF paratroopers together with six other men found huddled in a secret tunnel beneath a house in the old city of Nablus, after trailing a fugitive into the house.	Israeli paratroopers.
July 22, 2004	Gaza City	Hazem Rahim	Islamic Jihad in Palestine member	Helicopter gunship missile strike on a car, killing Rahim and his deputy, Rauf Abu Asi. According to Israeli sources, Rahim had been seen on video two months earlier brandishing body parts of ambushed Israeli soldiers.	IDF
July 29, 2004	Near Rafah refugee camp	Amr Abu Suta, Zaki Abu Rakha	Abu al-Rish Brigades leader.	In a car, together with bodyguard, incinerated by Israeli helicopter fire. Accused of involvement in the shooting of an IDF officer, and a 1992 killing in a Jewish settlement in the Gaza Strip.	IDF
August 17, 2004	Shajiyia neighbourhood	Five dead. Four Unidentified?	The target was a Hamas Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades leader, Ahmed al-Jabari.	The five, included al-Jabari's 14-year-old son, his brother, his nephew and son-in-law, were killed in a drone missile strike on al-Jabari's home. About a dozen other Palestinians wounded. al-Jabari survived the attempt.	IAF Drone missile.
September 13, 2004	Jenin	Mahmoud Ass'ad Rajab Abu Khalifah (25), Amjad Husseini 'Aref Abu Hassan, Yamen Feisal 'Abd al-Wahab Ayub	Al-Aqsa Brigades leader, deputy to Zakariya Zubeidi.	Killed together with two aides (Israeli version) when a helicopter missile struck his car in the city centre. Amjad Hassan and Yamen Feisal 'Abd al-Wahab Ayub were not, according to B'tselem, involved in the fighting.	IAF helicopter.
September 20, 2004	Gaza City	Khaled Abu Shamiyeh (30)	Hamas rocketry mechanic.	Car hit by missile	IDF
September 21, 2004	Tel al-Hawa neighbourhood	Nabil al-Saedi (34), Rabah Zaqout	Hamas mid-ranking operatives.	Killed when their Jeep was struck by a missile. 8 bystanders including 2 children were wounded.	IDF
September 27, 2004	al-Zahraa neighborhood of Damascus	Izz Eldine Subhi Sheik Khalil (42)	Hamas senior official. A Gazan deported by Israel in 1992.	Blown up by a bomb hidden in his SUV when he answered a call on his mobile phone, triggering the explosion. Israel did not claim responsibility but Ariel Sharon's spokesman Raanin Gissin said:'Our longstanding policy has been that no terrorist will have any sanctuary and any immunity,' and Moshe Ya'alon commented that action should be adopted against "terror headquarters in Damascus" in the wake of the recent Beersheba bus bombings.
September 27, 2004	Abbassam	Ali al-Shaeir (26)	Popular Resistance Committee member	Killed while an Israeli helicopter gunship fired several missiles at a car in Abbassam, believed to hold their target, Muhammad Abu Nasira. The latter, with two others of the group sustained injuries, and al-Shair died. (
October 6, 2004	al-Shati refugee camp in Gaza City	Bashir Khalil al-Dabash, (38/42) and Zarif Yousef al-'Are'ir (30)	Head of Islamic Jihad's military wing, al-Quds Brigades.	Both killed by helicopter missile fired at their Subaru in 'Izziddin al-Qassam Street in downtown Gaza. Three passers-by were wounded. One of three operations in Operation Days of Penitence that killed 5 other Palestinian militants.	IAF
October 21, 2004	Gaza	Adnan al-Ghoul Imad al-Baas	2nd in command of Hamas, and Qassem rocket expert.	Killed together with his aide Imad Abbas when their car was destroyed by a missile from an Apache helicopter. Four bystanders were wounded. .	IAF
July 15, 2005	East of Salfit	Samer Abdulhadi Dawhqa, Mohammad Ahmed Salameh Mar'i (20), Mohammad Yusef 'Abd al-Fatah A’yash (22)	Alleged to be 'ticking bombs'.	Killed in an olive grove, or, according to B'tselem, in a cave where two were hiding. The first two died immediately in a missile and gunfire strike by Apache helicopters. The third was taken to Ramallah in critical condition, but then seized by Israeli forces and taken off in a military ambulance. He died later, and neither he nor Mar'i, according to B'tselem, were involved in the fighting.	IDF
July 16, 2005	Khan Yunis	Saeed Seam (Sayid Isa Jabar Tziam) (31).	Hamas commander of Izzedine al Qassam. Allegedly involved in killing two settlers in 2002 and shooting at an Israeli army outpost in 2004.	Shot dead by Israeli sniper in a targeted killing as he stood outside his Gaza home, as he was going to water his garden, in Khan Yunis.	IDF
July 16, 2005	Tel al-Hawa neighbourhood in Gaza City .	'Four Unidentified' (JVL)=Adel Mohammad Haniyya (29); A'asem Marwan Abu Ras (23); Saber Abu Aasi ( 24); Amjad Anwar Arafat, one reportedly a nephew of Ismail Haniya.	Hamas operatives.	Apache helicopter struck a van carrying the men and numerous Qassam rockets in Gaza city. Five civilians, including a child, were wounded in the attack.	IAF
September 25, 2005	South of Gaza City	Sheikh Mohammed Khalil (32)	PIJ	Alleged to have been involved in Hatuel family's murder near the Gush Qatif settlement bloc. Killed when his Mercedes was struck by 5 missiles launched from an Israeli aircraft.	IAF
October 27, 2005	Jabalia Camp, Gaza Strip	Shadi Mehana/Shadi Muhana (25)	PIJ	Airstrike hitting car with four Palestinian militants north of Gaza City. Three civilians were also killed, including a 15-year-old boy (Rami Asef) and a 60-year-old man. One source stated 14 other Palestinians were wounded.	IAF
November 1, 2005	Gaza	Hassan Madhoun (33); Fawzi Abu Kara	Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades	Allegedly planning an operation to strike the Eretz Crossing. Killed when his car was hit by an Israeli Apache helicopter missile. According to documents in the Palestine Papers Israel’s Shaul Mofaz had proposed to the PA that Fatah execute him.	IAF.
December 7, 2005	Rafah	Mahmoud Arkan (29).	Popular Resistance Committees field operative	Airborne missile strike on a moving car in a residential area. 10 bystanders, including three children, were injured.	IAF
December 8, 2005	northern Gaza Strip	Iyad Nagar Ziyad Qaddas	Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades	Missile striking a house. A third militant, and several Palestinians nearby, including a young girl, suffered injuries.	IAF
December 14, 2005	Gaza City	Four Unidentified	Popular Resistance Committees	Missile strike on a white sedan near the Karni crossing. Israeli sources say the car was packed with explosives. Three PRC members killed, a fourth is thought to have been an al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades member. One occupant survived, and two bystanders were injured.	IAF
January 2, 2006	East of Jabaliya, Gaza Strip	Sayid Abu-Gadian (45); Akram Gadasas (43), third unknown.	PIJ	All three hit by IAF rocket while in a car close to a no-go zone declared by Israel in the northern Gaza Strip. Collateral damage, two bystanders were wounded.	IAF
February 5, 2006	Zeitoun, Gaza City	Adnan Bustan; Jihad al-Sawafiri	Islamic Jihad in Palestine. Believed to have director of their engineering and manufacturing unit.	Killed when 2 cars fired on by an IAF missile, the second en route to a retaliatory attack for an earlier Israeli helicopter strike that killed three people.	IAF
February 6, 2006	North of Jabalia Camp, Gaza Strip	Hassan 'Asfour (25); Rami Hanouna (27)	al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade|	Hit and killed when their car was struck by three missiles from an Israeli drone. Three bystanders also wounded.	IAF
February 7, 2006	Eastern sector of Gaza City	Mohammed Abu Shariya; Suheil Al Baqir	Al Aqsa Brigades	Their car was demolished by a missile.	IAF
March 6, 2006	Shajaiyeh neighbourhood	Munir Mahmed Sukhar (30); Iyad Abu Shalouf	Islamic Jihad field operative.	Collateral damage, 3-8 passers-by wounded, including 17-year-old Ahmed Sousi, and an 8-year-old boy (Ra'ed al-Batch), both of whom later died.	IAF
May 20, 2006	Gaza City	Mohammed Dahdoh	PIJ	Killed in car, held responsible for firing crude rockets into southern Israel. Palestinian version stated Muhanned Annen, 5; his mother, Amnah, 25; and Hannan Annen, 45, Muhanned's aunt, were collateral victims. Dahdoh was alone in the car (IDF version).	IAF
May 25, 2006	Sidon, Lebanon	Mahmoud al-Majzoub (Abu Hamze), Nidal al-Majzoub	Commander of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad; the brother was a member also.	Critically wounded in car bombing, when he turned on the ignition of his car, parked near the Abu Bakr mosque in Sidon,. He died the next day. Islamic Jihad blamed Israel, though Israel denied it.	(alleged)An Israeli government spokesman denied knowledge of any Israeli involvement.
June 5, 2006	Jabalia Camp, Gaza Strip	Majdi Hamad (25); Imad Assaliya (27)	Popular Resistance Committees	Missile struck their car, targeting Hamad. Three bystanders were injured.	IAF
June 8, 2006	Rafah	Jamal Abu Samhadana and three others	Founder of the Popular Resistance Committees militant group, a former Fatah and Tanzim member, and number two on Israel's list of wanted terrorists. Had survived 4 assassination attmpts. Eyal Weizman states its purpose was to derail peace talks, as it coincided with a referendum vote on a political initiative by Mahmoud Abbas.	Killed by Israeli airstrike on a training camp, along with at least three other PRC members.	IAF
June 13, 2006	Tufah neighborhood of Gaza City	Hamoud Wadiya; Shawki Sayklia	Wadiya was a PIJ rocket expert.	Three militants in a van with a Grad rocket were driving down a main street when a missile struck nearby. They fled but were killed by a second missile, as people gathered. The second blast killed 11 Palestinian bystanders, including Ashraf Mughrabi (25) his son, Maher (8), and a relative Hisham (14), 4 ambulance drivers and hospital staff rushing to the incident, and three boys. Thirty-nine people were wounded.	IAF
July 4, 2006	Beit Hanoun	Isamail Rateb Al-Masri (30)	Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades	Killed by an IAF rocket.	IAF
August 9, 2006	Jenin	Osama Attili (24); Mohammed Atik (26)	Described by Israel as leaders of PIJ|	Killed when (2) helicopter(s) fired missiles into their house. PIJ leader Hussam Jaradat, another target escaped the strike, while his deputy Walid Ubeidi abu al-Kassam, was lightly wounded.	IAF
October 12, 2006	'Abasan al-Kabirah neighbourhood	Three unidentified='Abd a-Rahman 'Abdallah Muhammad Qdeih (19); Na'el Fawzi Suliman Qdeih (22); Salah Rashad Shehdeh Qdeih (22);	Hamas	All three, armed, killed by a helicopter missile after one of the three fired at an IDF tank	IAF
October 12, 2006	Khan Yunis	Three militants of Kadiah family.	Hamas	Five members of Kadiah family killed, two, Adel Kadiah, 40, and his son, Sohaib, 13, being civilians	IAF
October 12, 2006	Shajiyia neighbourhood, Gaza city	Ashraf Ferwana	Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades	Ashraf targeted in his home but he survived the drone missile strike which demolished his house. His brother Ayman Ferwana and a girl died, and 10 others injured.	IAF
October 14, 2006	Jabalia Camp, Gaza Strip	Ahmad Hassan 'Abd al-Fatah Abu al-'Anin (19); Sakher Faiz Muhammad Abu Jabal (19); Rami 'Odeh Salem Abu Rashed (22); Faiz 'Ali Fadel al-'Ur (33); Suliman Hassan Fadel al-'Ur (30); Muhammad Faiz Mustafa Shaqurah (30);	Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades	Five killed while walking armed in the refugee camp, by a helicopter-launched missile.Awad Attatwa (18), not associated with group, also died.	IAF
October 14, 2006		One Unidentified	Al Aqsa Brigades	Died when the car he was in was hit by a missile fired in an airstrike. A local commander also critically injured, and two bystanders wounded.	IAF
November 7, 2006	Al-Yamun	Salim Yousef Mahmoud Abu Al-Haija (24); Ala'a Jamil Khamaisa (24); Taher Abed Abahra (25); Mahmoud Rajah Abu Hassan (25).	Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades	The four militants were shot while sitting near the Al-Yamun bakery (Palestinian version), fled wounded and were killed in a local house. Aiman Suleiman Mahmoud Mustafa (31), a bakery worker came out to see what was happening and was shot dead. Salim Ahmed Awad (27), Ibrahim Mahmoud Nawahda (30), Salim Ahmed Awad (27) and Mohammed Yousef Abu Al-Haija (27) were also shot and taken prisoner.	IDF undercover squad.
November 20, 2006	Shajiyia neighbourhood	Bassel Sha'aban Ubeid (22); Abdel Qader Habib (26)	Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades	Missile fired at a Mercedes containing both, parked outside the Ubeid family home. Collateral damage, 5 civilians, members of the Amen family, including Hanan Mohammed Amen, aged 3 months and Mo'men Hamdi Amen (2), injured by shrapnel.	IAF
May 17, 2007	Gaza City	Imad Muhammad Ahmad Shabaneh (33)	Hamas	Killed while travelling in a car hit by an Israeli helicopter missile.
June 1, 2007	Khan Yunis	Fawzi (Fadi) Abu Mustafa	PIJ/Al Quds Brigades senior member	Killed by an IAF airforce missile while riding a motor bike.	IAF
June 24, 2007	Gaza City	Hussein Khalil al-Hur=Hossam Khaled Harb (32) Hussein Harb Peugeot	al-Quds Brigades local leader.	Struck by a missile while driving a Peugeot through Gaza City	IAF.
October 23, 2007	Coastal road west of Gaza City	Mubarak al-Hassanat (35)	Popular Resistance Committees head and Director of military affairs in the Hamas Interior Ministry.	Israeli airstrike (IAF) on his car.
December 17, 2007	Gaza City	Majed Harazin (Abu Muamen)	PIJ. Senior Commander, West Bank, overseer of rocket operations.	Killed together with two others in his car, reportedly packed with explosives.	IAF.
December 17, 2007	narrow road in the Sheik Ajlin neighborhood	Abdelkarim Dahdouh; Iman Al-Illa; Ahmad Dahdooh, Ammar al-Said; Jihad Zahar; Mohamman Karamsi	PIJ.	Missile strike from an aircraft on a car, combined with IDF undercover unit, on a PIJ cell preparing to launch rockets.	IAF.
December 18, 2007	Khan Yunis	Hani Barhoum; Mohammed A-Sharif	Hamas	Strike on a Hamas security position.	IAF
January 13, 2008	Al-Shati Refugee Camp	Nidal Amudi; Mahir Mabhuh; third man unidentified	al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades Senior operative	The three were killed in a car driving through the refugee camp, struck by an IAF missile.
January 17, 2008	Beit Lahiya	One unidentified =Raad Abu al-Ful (43) and his wife.	PIJ rocket manufacturer	They were killed by an IAF airstrike which fired missiles at their car.
January 20, 2008	Gaza City	Ahmad Abu Sharia	Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades Commander	Hit by an IAF missile as he walked in the streets. Two other Palestinians wounded.	IAF.
February 4, 2008	northern Gaza City	Abu Said Qarmout	Popular Resistance Committees member	Killed by an IAF missile that struck his car. Three others were wounded, two seriously.
February 12, 2008	Damascus, Syria	Imad Mughniyah	Top Hezbollah commander	Killed by car bomb. Some news reports indicated the Mossad was responsible, though Israel denied carrying it out. A report in The Washington Post attributed the assassination to a partnership between the CIA and Mossad.	Mossad/CIA (alleged)
April 14, 2008	Northern Gaza	Ibrahim Abu Olba	DFLP		IAF.
April 30, 2008	Near Shabura refugee camp, Rafah	Nafez Mansour (40)	Hamas	Killed in an IAF missile strike. Reportedly involved in Gilad Shalit abduction. Collateral damage. Three bystanders, one dying of his wounds. A further bystander and young girl also hurt.	IAF/Shin Bet joint operation.
June 17, 2008	al-Qararah, Rafah district	Mu'taz Muhammad Jum'ah Dughmosh (27); Musa Fawzi Salman al-'Adini (35); Mahmoud Muhammad Hassan a-Shanadi (25); Nidal Khaled Sa'id a-Sadudi (21)Muhammad 'Amer Muhammad 'Asaliyah (20).	Army of Islam	Killed when their car was struck by an IAf missile. A further two people were wounded.	IAF.
August 1, 2008	Tartus	Muhammad Suleiman	Syrian General, and top liaison between Syria and Hezbollah	Killed by sniper fire to the head and neck. Israel denied responsibility for the killing, but was widely suspected of involvement. According to an NSA intercept published by wikileaks, the NSA defined it as the ‘first known instance of Israel targeting a legitimate government official."	(alleged)The U.S. Embassy in Damascus reported that Israelis were the 'most obvious suspect.'
January 1, 2009	Jabalia Camp, Gaza Strip	Nizar Rayan (49)	Professor of Sharia law, Islamic University of Gaza. Among first 5 top Hamas decision makers, and field operative. Advocated suicide bombings inside Israel.	His house destroyed by an IAF bomb. along with his 4 wives and 6 of his 14 children. 30 others in the vicinity were wounded. According to Israel, secondary explosions from weapons in the building caused collateral damage. Rayan was not the target, rather, the strike aimed to destroy Hamas' central compound which included several buildings that served as storage sites for weapons. Israel further stated that phone warnings were delivered to the residents.	IAF
January 3, 2009		Abu Zakaria al-Jamal	Senior Hamas military wing commander, and leader of Gaza City's rocket-launching squads	Killed in Israeli airstrike.
January 15, 2009	Jabalia, Gaza Strip	Said Seyam	Hamas Interior Minister	Killed in Israeli airstrike with his brother, his son, and Hamas general security services commander Salah Abu Shrakh.	IAF
January 26, 2009	Bureij Refugee Camp	Issa Batran (failed. See 30 July 2010)	Hamas Qassam rocket field commander.	Targeted at his home. The attempt to assassinate him failed, but the shell hit the balcony of their home and killed his wife Manal Sha’rawi, and five of their children: Bilal, Izz Ad-Din, Ihsan, Islam and Eyman. Batran and his child Abdul-Hadi survived.	IDF
March 4, 2009	Gaza Strip	Khaled Shalan	Senior member of PIJ	Killed in Israeli airstrike, together with 2/3 other militants, targeted after alleged involvement in rocket attacks on the Israeli city of Ashkelon. They jumped from their car but were critically wounded. 5 bystanders were also wounded.	IAF

2010s

Date	Place	Target	Description	Action	Executor
January 11, 2010	Deir al-Balah	Awad Abu Nasir	Islamic Jihad Senior Field Commander	Had escaped several assassination attempts. Reportedly involved in attempts to harm Israeli soldiers. Killed by a missile.	IAF
January 12, 2010	Iran	Masoud Alimohammadi	Iranian Physicist	Killed in a car bomb. Majid Jamali Fashi reportedly confessed to an Iranian court he had been recruited by Mossad to carry out the execution.	Mossad (alleged)
January 19, 2010	Dubai	Mahmoud al-Mabhouh	Hamas senior military commander, believed to have been involved in smuggling weapons and explosives into Gaza.	Widely reported to have been killed by Israeli intelligence members. Israel stated that there is no proof of its involvement, and neither confirmed nor denied the allegations of a Mossad role. Dubai police report that Israeli agents used Australian, French, British, Irish, and Dutch passports.	Mossad (alleged)
July 30, 2010	Deserted area in the Nuseirat refugee camp	Issa Abdul-Hadi al-Batran (40)	Hamas military commander in central Gaza, who had survived 4 previous attempts on his life (26 Jan.2009). Thought to have been involved in manufacturing rockets.	Killed by a missile in retaliation for earlier rocket attack on city of Ashkelon. A further 13 Palestinians were injured in the strike.	IAF
November 3, 2010	Gaza Strip	Mohammed Nimnim	Allegedly al-Qaeda affiliated, Army of Islam commander	Car explosion, due to either a bomb planted by Israel or an Israeli airstrike.	IAF, with Egyptian intelligence.
November 17, 2010	Gaza Strip	Islam Yassin	al-Qaeda affiliated, Army of Islam commander	Israeli airstrike on his car, killing him, his brother, and injuring four others.	IAF
November 29, 2010	Iran	Majid Shahriari	Iranian nuclear scientist	Killed in a car bomb. According to the German newspaper Der Spiegel Israel was behind the killing.	Mossad (alleged)
November 29, 2010	Iran	Attempted killing of Fereydoon Abbasi.	Iranian nuclear scientist	Wounded in a car bomb.	Mossad (alleged)
January 11, 2011	Gaza Strip	Mohammed A-Najar	Islamic Jihad operative.	Suspected of planning attacks against civilians and launching rockets at Israel Attacked by the Israel Airforce while driving his motorcycle in the Gaza Strip.	IAF
March 30, 2011	Khan Yunis	One unidentified	Islamic Jihad in Palestine. Said to have launch mortars into southern Israel	Hit by missile fired from a drone at dawn while on a motor bike, driving from Khan Yunis to Rafah to attend, according to Islamic Jihad, prayers in a mosque. Both died later in hospital.	.
April 2, 2011		Ismail Lubbad, Abdullah Lubbad, Muhammad al Dayah	Hamas	Allegedly aiming to kidnap Israeli tourists in Sinai over Passover.	.
April 9, 2011	Gaza Strip	Tayseer Abu Snima	Senior Hamas commander	Killed along with 2 of his bodyguards by the Israeli air force during a period of escalated rocket fire from Gaza. He was the most senior Hamas commander killed since 2009.	IAF
July 23, 2011	Iran	Darioush Rezaeinejad	Iranian electrical engineer	Killed by unknown gunmen on motorcycle. Rezaeinejad was involved in development of high-voltage switches, which are used in a key component of nuclear warheads. Such switches may also have civilian scientific applications. The German Newspaper Der Spiegel claimed Mossad was behind the operation. He is the third Iranian nuclear scientist killed since 2010.	Mossad (alleged)
August 18, 2011	Gaza Strip	Abu Oud al-Nirab; Khaled Shaath; Imad Hamed	Popular Resistance Committees Commanders	Killed hours after a terrorist attack killed 6 civilians and one soldier in southern Israel. 4 additional members of the group were killed in the strike.	IAF, Shin Bet
August 24, 2011		Ismael al-Asmar	PIJ	Allegedly weapons smuggler and militant in Egypt's Sinai, killed just before shooting a Qassam rocket.
September 6, 2011		Khaled Sahmoud	Popular Resistance Committees	Killed after allegedly firing 5 Qassam into Southern Israel
October 29, 2011		Ahmed al-Sheikh Khalil	PIJ Munitions expert	Killed in retaliation for allegedly launching rockets into Israel earlier that day.
November 12, 2011	Tehran, Iran	Major General Hassan Tehrani Moghaddam	The main architect of the Iranian missile system and the founder/father of Iran's deterrent power ballistic missile forces. He was also the chief of the "self-sufficiency" unit of the Army of the Guardians of the Islamic Revolution	Killed along with 17 other members of the Revolutionary Guards known as Bid Kaneh explosion. Those who died are known as the "Shahidan Ghadir". Iranian officials said that the blast at the missile base was an accident, and ruled out any sabotage organized by Israel. AGIR said that the explosion "had taken place in an arms depot when a new kind of munitions were being tested and moved". However, TIME magazine cited a "unnamed western intelligence source" as saying that Mossad was behind the blast. Israel neither confirmed nor denied its involvement.	Mossad (alleged)
December 9, 2011		Isam Subahi Isamil Batash	Al-Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigades
January 11, 2012	Iran	Mostafa Ahmadi-Roshan	Iranian nuclear scientist	The bomb that killed Ahmadi-Roshan at the Natanz uranium enrichment facility, and another unidentified person was a magnetic one and the same as the ones previously used for the assassination of the scientists, and the "...work of the Zionists [Israelis]," deputy Tehran governor Safarali Baratloo said.	Mossad (alleged)
March 9, 2012	Gaza Strip	Zuhir al-Qaisi; Mahmud Ahmed Hananni	Qaisi was Secretary-General of the Popular Resistance Committees	According to Israeli intelligence, he was planning an imminent attack in the Sinai.	IAF
August 5, 2012	Tel al-Sultan Refugee Camp.	Nadi Okhal (19); Ahmad Said Ismail (22)	Popular Resistance Committee, said by IDF sources to be associated with global jihadist movement	Killed while riding a motor bike. The other passenger was badly wounded.
September 20, 2012	al-Janeneh neighborhood in eastern Gaza,	Anis Abu Mahmoud el-Anin (22); Ashraf Mahmoud Salah (38).	Hamas security officers. Salah belonged to the Popular Resistance Committees	Their car was shelled by aircraft overhead.	IAF
October 13, 2012	Masoud Street, Jabaliya, Gaza Strip	Hisham Al-Saidni (Abu al-Walid al- Maqdisi) (43/47/53); Ashraf al-Sabah.	Respectively Salafi-jihadist militant leader of al-Tawhid wa al-Jihad and the Mujahedeen Shura Council, and head of Ansar Al-Sunna. Israeli and one Salafi source say they had links with Al-Qaeda.	Killed by a drone-launched rocket while riding a motor bike in company with Jazar. Several civilians, including a 12-year-old boy, were wounded.	IAF
October 13, 2012	Khan Yunis	Yasser Mohammad al-Atal (23)	Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine	Rocket strike while he was riding his motor bike. A second man was critically injured.
October 14, 2012	Deir al-Balah in central Gaza City	Ezzedine Abu Nasira (23); Ahmad Fatayer (22)	Popular Resistance Committees	Struck by a missile while riding in a tuk-tuk after firing rockets into Israel to avenge deaths resulting from two airstrikes the day before. Two others seriously wounded.	IAF
November 14, 2012	Gaza Strip	Ahmed Jaabari	Commander of Hamas' military wing	Killed in an airstrike at the start of Operation Pillar of Cloud. Led Hamas' 2007 takeover of the Gaza Strip and, according to Israel, was responsible for most attacks on Israel originating in Gaza from about 2006 to 2012, including the capture of Gilad Shalit.	IAF
November 15–19, 2012	Gaza Strip	Hab’s Hassan Us Msamch Ahmed Abu Jalal Khaled Shaer Osama Kadi Muhammad Kalb Ramz Harb Yahiyah Abbayah	Hab’s Hassan Us Msamch, was a senior operative in Hamas’ police. Ahmed Abu Jalal, was a commander of the Hamas central military wing in Al-Muazi. Khaled Shaer, was a senior operative in the anti-tank operations. Osama Kadi, was a senior operative in the smuggling operations in the southern Gaza Strip. Muhammad Kalb, was a senior operative in the aerial defense operations. Ramz Harb, was an Islamic Jihad senior operative in propaganda in Gaza city. Yahiyah Abbayah was a senior Hamas expert bomb maker and a commander in central Hamas central Gaza.	All of them were killed by IAF airstrike inside their command bunker and weapon storage during Operation Pillar of Defense.	IAF
February 12, 2013	Damascus Syria	Hassan Shateri	Senior Commander within IRGC and close association with IRGC Quds Force commander Qasem Soleimani	Under the pseudonym Hussam Khoshnevis, He was a Head of Iranian IRGC special reconstruction project for Hezbollah infrastructure in southern Lebanon. He was killed by Israel air strike during his traveling from Damascus to Beirut.	IAF
April 30, 2013	West of Gaza City	Hithem Ziad Ibrahim Masshal (24/25) and three others, one on the bike.	Al Quds Brigades (Israel). Hamas security guard at Al-Shifa Hospital (Hamas version).	Defined by Israel as a Freelance Terror Consultant" and active in different Jihad Salafi terror organisations responsible for two rockets fired towards Eilat on 17 April, he was killed when a rocket hit him on his motor bike. The strike broke a fragile cease-fire agreement.	IAF
December 4, 2013	Beirut Hadath region	Hassan al-Laqqis	Hezbollah Chief of technology officer and military procurement nom de guerre ' Hezbollah Q '	Shot and Killed by gunmen in the head with a silenced gun outside his home and car. Israel never took responsibility, but it is widely suspected.	Mossad (alleged)
January 22, 2014	Beit Hanoun	Ahmad Zaanin; Mahmoud Yousef Zaanin	PFLP;PIJ	The relatives were held responsible for rocket attacks into southern Israel. Only Ahmed was admitted by PIJ to be a member. His cousin and he were killed sitting in a pickup truck parked outside their home.	IAF
February 9, 2014	Deir al-Balah	Abdullah Kharti	Popular Resistance Committees member.	Regarded by IDF as involved with rocket fire episodes. Hit and critically wounded, with a friend, while riding on a motor cycle.	IAF
March 3, 2014	farmland near Beit Hanoun	Mus’ab Musa Za’aneen (21); Sharif Nasser (31)	PIJ	(Israeli version):Had just fired homemade rocket landing in a field south of Ashkelon (Palestinian version): It was not known if either were militants. A child and a fourth person were wounded.	IAF
June 11, 2014	Sudaniya, northern Gaza Strip	Mohammed Ahmed Alarur/Awar (30/33) of Beit Lahiya; Hamada Hassan, a Beit Lahia resident (25) was critically wounded.	Hamas policeman. Salafist cell leader (Israeli description) Described by IDF sources as a global jihad-affiliated terrorist planning attacks against Israel responsible for a rocket salvo on Sderot that interrupted the silence of a Passover holiday.	Alarur was hit by a missile while riding a motorbike. A car nearby was also struck. One report identifies a further victim, his 7 year old nephew, who was riding in the family care and who died of wounds on June 14, ascribing to the latter a role of 'human shield.'	IAF, Shin Bet.
June 27, 2014	al-Shati refugee camp, Gaza Strip	Muhammad al-Fasih and; Usama al-Hassumi	Both seem to have been affiliated to the Al-Nasser Salah al-Din Brigades	Struck by two helicopter-launched missiles while driving a black Kia vehicle. Two other people were wounded.	IAF
July 5, 2014	Damascus Quneitra Syria	Mwafaq Badiyeh	Samir Kuntar right-hand man and the personal liaison officer between Samir Kuntar and Hezbollah.	He was killed by an explosive device planted on his car by "Mossad agents." While driving on the main road between Quneitra and Damascus. 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.	Mossad
July 8, 2014	Gaza	Muhammad Shaaban	Muhammad Shaaban is a head of Hamas Naval Commando Unit in Gaza	He was killed along with 2 passengers when his car was hit by IAF air strike followed by attempted infiltration by 5 Hamas Naval Frogmen inside Israel Beach in Gaza border.	IAF
July 27, 2014	Gaza	Salah Abu Hassanein Hafez Mohammad Hamad Hussein Abd al-Qader Muheisin Akram Sha’ar Mahmoud Ziada Osama al-Haya Ahmad Sahmoud Abdallah Allah’ras Shaaban Dakhdoukh Mahmoud Sinwar	Salah Abu Hassanein leader and spokesperson of Islamic Jihad in Gaza. Hafez Mohammad Hamad commander for Islamic Jihad in the Beit Hanoun (northern Gaza) area who is directly responsible for the rocket fire on Sderot during escalation leading up to Operation Protective Edge. Hussein Abd al-Qader Muheisin was atop terror commander for Islamic Jihad in Sheijaya. Akram Sha’ar is a top terror commander for Islamic Jihad in Khan Younis, who is directly responsible for both rocket fire and terror attacks in Israel. Mahmoud Ziada was a top terror commander for Islamic Jihad in Jabaliya, responsible for upgrading Islamic Jihad's arsenal and directing fighting against Israel during Operation Protective Edge. Osama al-Hayya Hamas leader in Sheijaya, whose son is in Hamas's 'political wing' Khalil al-Hayya. Ahmad Sahmoud was a top Hamas commander in Khan Younis. Abdallah Allah’ras is a top commander in the Hamas’s "military wing,”"the Al-Qassam Brigades. Shaaban Dakhdoukh was a commander of the forces in Zeitoun, who worked on burying long-range rockets and helped to smuggle weapons for his forces. Mahmoud Sinwar is a directed Hamas military activities, including rocket fire and was involved in the creation of attack tunnels into Israeli territory and the raid in which Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit was captured.	All of them were killed by IAF airstrike inside of their house along with their comrades and entire family and also inside their buried Gaza tunnels.	IAF
August 3, 2014	Jabalia Camp, Gaza Strip	Ahmad al-Mabhouh	Nephew of slain Hamas commander Mahmoud al-Mabhouh in charge of engineering and destruction officer in Hamas. Among other things, he was responsible for hiding rockets before they were launched at Israel, preparing complex explosive devices and planning armed attacks against Israeli targets.	The IDF and Shin Bet attacked a building in Jabaliya on Saturday night, killing Hamas operative Ahmad al-Mabhouh, the nephew of Mahmoud al-Mabhouh, who was inside.	Israel Army Shin Bet
August 19, 2014	Sheikh Radwan, Gaza City	Attempted assassination of Mohammed Deif	Hamas commander of the Izz al-Din al-Qassam Brigades thought to be the architect of Hamas's tunnel system.	Several IAF missiles struck Deif's 6 storey home. His wife Widad (27), 7 month old son Ali and daughter Sarah (3) were killed in the strike. Three other residents in the building were also killed. According to Fox News, anonymous Israeli intelligence sources claimed that Deif had been killed in the strike. Hamas denied the reports that Deif, who has survived five previous Israeli attempts to assassinate him, had died in the F-16 bombing of his home. In April 2015, Israel confirmed that Deif survived the assassination attempt.	IAF
August 21, 2014	Rafah	Raed al Atar Rafah Division commander. Mohammed Abu Shmallah Southern Division commander. Mohammed Barhoum Rafah Division senior commander.	3 Hamas senior commanders.	Struck by a pair of F-16 one-ton bombs guided through a window of the building where they had been located.	IAF
January 18, 2015	al-Amal Farms, Quneitra District, Syria	Jihad Mughniyah Mohammed Ahmed Issa Abu Ali Reza Al Tabatabai Mohammed Ali Allah Dadi Abu Abbas Al Hijazi Mohammed Ali Hassan Abu Al Hassan Ghazi Ali Dhawi Ali Hussein Ibrahim Along with 6 other Iranian and Hezbollah high-ranking officer.	Jihad Mughniyah was a son of a slain Hezbollah supreme military commander Imad Mughniyah. Mohammed Ahmed Issa was a top Hezbollah operation commander in Syria and Iraq region. Abu Ali Reza Al Tabatabai was Iranian IRGC Colonel and commander of the Radwan force of the Revolutionary Guards in Lebanon. This force, seen as a special operations unit, is responsible for planning attacks against Israel. Mohammed Ali Allah Dadi was top Iranian IRGC general and also in charge as a military adviser for Syrian army. Abu Abbas Al Hijazi was top senior cadre and field officer of Hezbollah in Syria. Mohammed Ali Hassan Abu Al Hassan was also top senior cadre and field officer of Hezbollah in Syria. Ghazi Ali Dhawi was also top senior cadre and field officer of Hezbollah in Syria. Ali Hussein Ibrahim was also top senior cadre and field officer of Hezbollah in Syria.	Struck and hit by IAF Nimrod/Hellfire missile Apache Helicopter during their reconnaissance and inspection mission along with Israeli–Syrian ceasefire line at the Golan Heights. According to Israel Intelligence Security, they were planning for massive mega attack, including infiltration, shooting, assassinations, suicide bombing, anti-tank attack, and missile attack with the intention of kill and kidnap Israel soldiers and civilians community along with Quneitra and Galilee border. And also help to establish the missile base inside Quneitra region. Israel neither confirmed nor denied of its air strike.	IAF
April 26, 2015	Golan	4 Terrorist Member	4 Terrorist member belong to Samir Kuntar Militia killed while laying the explosive device inside the Israel Syria border fence.	Israeli airstrike targeted and killed a group of militants who were spotted placing an explosive on the northern border, army officials said. The IDF said “a group of armed terrorists” were killed in an Israeli air strike late on Sunday after they were spotted crossing into Israeli territory with an explosive device. IDF spokesman said the militant cell hit Sunday night consisted of four people who were “identified while clearly laying a mine and were shot by an Israeli Air Force aircraft.” Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said of Sunday night’s strike on the militant cell: “Every attempt to injure our soldiers and our citizens will be met with a decisive response like the IDF action this evening, which thwarted an attempted terror attack.” “I praise the vigilance of the IDF troops that brought about this swift and precise action. The border incident occurred at approximately 9:30 p.m. Sunday when an IDF lookout spotted four figures holding an explosive device as they approached the northern border with Syria. The group was killed while in Israeli territory, though on the Syrian side of the border fence.	IAF
December 21, 2015	Damascus Jaramana, Syria	Samir Kuntar Farhan Issam Shaalan Mohammed Riza Fahemi Mir Ahmad Ahmadi along with several high ranking IRGC commanders and hezbollah members	Samir Kuntar was a senior hezbollah commander and also the notorious murder that killed an israel family in 1979 and held in israel prison for the next 30 years before released by prisoner swap in 2008. Farhan Issam Shaalan is a head of the National Syrian Golan Resistance Organization. Mohammed Riza Fahemi and Mir Ahmad Ahmadi is a two Iranian senior officers of the IRGC Intelligence division.	They were meeting in order to plan the next round of Iran-sponsored terrorist operation against Israel from the Golan Heights areas recently secured by the Syrian military. Two Israeli planes allegedly destroyed a six-story residential building in Jaramana on the outskirts of Damascus. Kuntar's death was confirmed by his brother and Hezbollah. The explosion also killed eight Syrian nationals, among them Hezbollah field commanders, and injured a number of other people.	IAF (alleged)

See also

• Targeted killings by Israel Defense Forces
• Targeted Killing in International Law (2008)