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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.
When carrying out targeted killings, the Israeli government refers to these operations as “eliminations”. Individuals who are killed in such operations are described as having been “eliminated”, using the term “Husal” (Hebrew: חוסל, Hebrew pronunciation: [χuˈsal]). These operations have often been described by Israeli officials as preventive or counterterrorism measures, while these measures have been criticized by critics of the Israeli government's actions, particularly when conducted outside Israel’s borders or in areas of ongoing conflict.
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Targeted killing is the tactic the government of Israel has used in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, the Iran-Israel proxy conflict and other conflicts. By 2010 the opening reported that "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." That ruling is gone from the opening, though terror-related language survives 15 times elsewhere in the article. A reader today does not learn that Israel's Supreme Court ruled targeted killing a legitimate act of self-defense against terrorists.
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