The Mossad neither slumbers nor sleeps.
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Ismail Haniyeh was until this past July the leader of the terror group Hamas. He lived in Doha, Qatar, protected by many layers of security provided by the rulers of Qatar, the Al-Thani family. But the Israelis managed to kill him while he was on a visit to Iran. The Mossad knew when he arrived in Tehran, and where — in what room of what guest house, that was provided with the highest possible security — he would be staying. One of its operatives managed to plant a bomb in his pillow that blew the arch-terrorist to smithereens. How the Mossad accomplished this remarkable feat can be found here: “Man on the inside? Details of Haniyeh assassination in the heart of Tehran revealed,” by Mathilda Heller, Jerusalem Post, December
…Haniyeh, who lived in Doha, Qatar, used to travel to three major cities: Istanbul, Moscow, and Tehran.
Journalist Dr Ronen Bergman, an expert on Israel’s targeted assassinations, explained that he could not be assassinated in Qatar as this would have harmed the hostage mediation efforts.
On top of this, “Erdogan’s anger [at an assassination in Istanbul] would have led to very serious consequences, and Moscow – let’s say Putin would not have been very happy,” said Bergman. “This left Tehran.”…
The elite Ansar al-Mahdi unit of the IRGC was in charge of guarding Haniyeh. “These guards are selected after a great many tests and security investigations,” explained Sabti….
A bomb was planted in a pillow in Haniyeh’s room in advance. However, the bomb was slightly bigger than planned “because there was no bomb of the appropriate size available,” Bergman revealed.
The plan also nearly fell apart at the last minute as the air-conditioning in Haniyeh’s room broke down, and he had to leave.
“The operation was walking a tightrope,” a source told N12.
“There was a fear that his room would be replaced with another. However, they managed to fix the air conditioner, and he returned to the room.”
At 1:30 a.m., there was a huge explosion in the compound.
“After about a minute, the medical team declares him dead, and then [now-Hamas leader] Khalil al-Hayya enters and sees his colleague lying dead and bleeding on the ground, and he himself falls to his knees and bursts into tears,” said Bergman. “It’s a dramatic moment.”…
How did Mossad know that al-Hayya fell to his knees and burst into tears at the sight of Haniyeh’s body? Did it have an agent on the spot, perhaps a member of the medical team? Or had it placed a hidden camera in Haniyeh’s bedroom?
The precision and success of the operation reportedly sowed panic in the Iranian leadership, and the commander of the Quds Force, Ismail Qaani, disappeared for three weeks.
To this day, the question of who assisted the Mossad in the complex operation remains.
“Who could have done it? There are three groups,” explains Ronen Bergman. “Iranian citizens who live in the area, members of the Revolutionary Guards, and Hamas members. It is likely that the Iranians are looking, and Hamas is also looking, in all these different groups.”…
“It probably involves some people who betrayed their country or betrayed their mission and cooperated to allow this to happen.”
That’s how Haniyeh was killed. And six months after his death, the Iranians nor Hamas still have no idea who was responsible for pinpointing Haniyeh’s location in Tehran, or who placed the explosive inside Haniyeh’s pillow, in a particular bedroom, in one of the most heavily guarded buildings in Tehran, and detonated it — as Haniyeh slept — from afar.
The Mossad, it is clear, neither slumbers nor sleeps.
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