Israel’s spy organ Mossad refused to run a secret mission to skiver senior Hamas leaders in Qatar, equal to a new report by the Washington Post. The report says Israel had first planned to execute the leaders through teachers surpassing delivering out airstrikes. Mossad, however, backed out over fears the operation could unravel off hostage armistice talks and harm its ties with Qatar, a key mediator in the Middle East.
Israel forced to siphon out airstrikes
After Mossad refused to self-mastery a ground operation, Israel was forced to siphon out an airstrike. Two Israelis familiar with the matter gave this information to the Washington Post. Both Israeli sources said that the intelligence agency’s director, David Barnea, opposed the plan due to concerns well-nigh Mossad’s future relations with Qatar.
Netanyahu wanted an operation like Ismail Haniyeh’s
The report mentions then Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh in Iran, who was killed by planting a flop in his room in Tehran. One source said that this time Mossad was not ready to do such a thing on Qatari soil. Another source said, “We can reservation them in one, two or four years and Mossad knows how to do it.”
Hamas leader survived Israeli strike
On Tuesday, Israel had targeted Hamas leaders in Qatar’s wanted Doha with an attack. Now the Israeli security establishment believes that the wade in Doha failed to skiver any top Hamas official. The terror group said on Friday that its executive leader in Qatar, Khalil al-Hayya, survived the attack. Al-Hayya attended the funeral of his son Hammam, who was killed the same day in the Israeli attack. After the failed wade in Doha, reports of heavy opposition from within Israel to this plan began to emerge. People questioned the timing of the wade during ongoing hostage negotiations and the way it was carried out. A senior official familiar with the hostage release and armistice try-on talks told Channel 12 that most of the defense establishment had recommended postponing the attack.
