Targeted killing by Israel

Further information: Targeted killing Israeli targeted killings , by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) also called targeted prevention ( sikul memukad ) [1] or focused foiling , is the term used in the course of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict to describe the targeted killing of persons accused of carrying out or planning attacks against Israeli targets in the Palestinian territories and/or inside Israel. 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. On December 14, 2006, the Supreme Court of Israel ruled that targeted killing is a legitimate form of self-defense against terrorists , and outlined several conditions for its use.

Nils Meltzer writes that 'The term 'targeted killing' denotes the use of lethal force attributable to a subject of international law with the intent, premeditation and deliberation to kill individually selected persons not in the physical custody of those targeting them". 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. On 14 December 2006, the Supreme Court of Israel ruled that targeted killing is a legitimate form of self-defense against terrorists , and outlined several conditions for its use. The practice of targeted killing developed in the post-World War II period, throughout which Israel has exercised the option more than any other Western democracy, according to Israeli investigative journalist Ronen Bergman . Israel first publicly acknowledged its use of the tactic at Beit Sahour near Bethlehem in November 2000, when four laser-guided missiles from an Apache helicopter were used to kill a Tanzim leader, Hussein Abayat, in his Mitsubishi pickup truck , with collateral damage killing two 50 year-old housewives waiting for a taxi nearby, and wounding six other Palestinians in the vicinity. Israeli intelligence had turned a neighbor, Mohamamad Deifallah, while he was detained in Ramallah prison, into providing them evidence on local movements, for $250 a week, and one such tip gave them the details and coordinates for this assassination. The public admission was due to the fact an attack helicopter had been used, which meant the execution could not be denied, something that remains possible when assassinations of targets by snipers takes place. Targeted Killings and International Law .

Part of the Israeli–Palestinian conflict See also: List of Israeli assassinations Targeted killing , targeted prevention ( sikul memukad ), or assassination is a tactic that has been repeatedly used by the Israel Defense Forces or other Israeli organisations in the course of the Israeli–Palestinian conflict , the Iran–Israel proxy conflict or other conflicts. Targeted Killings and International Law .

Part of Israeli conflicts Targeted killing ( Hebrew : סיכול ממוקד , romanized : sikul memukad , lit. ' focused foiling ' ), or assassination is a tactic that the government of Israel has used during the Israeli–Palestinian conflict , the Iran–Israel proxy conflict , and other conflicts. Targeted Killings and International Law .