From Deseret News archives:
Prominent Israeli assassinations and attempted assassinations of Palestinians
Here are some of the most prominent and recent strikes:
February 1973: Israeli commandos enter Beirut by sea and kill three senior PLO leaders. One of the commandos was Ehud Barak, later Israel's prime minister.
January 1979: Israeli agents killed Ali Hassan Salameh in bomb explosion in Beirut. Salameh planned the 1972 attack in Munich that killed 11 members of Israeli Olympic team.
April 1988: Israeli agents assassinated Khalid al-Wazir (Abu Jihad), Yasser Arafat's deputy in the PLO and commander of operations in West Bank.
February 1992: Lebanese Hezbollah leader Sheik Abbas Musawi was killed in southern Lebanon in Israeli helicopter strike.
October 1995: Islamic Jihad leader Fathi Shakaki was killed by gunmen in Malta. Israel was assumed to be responsible but does not comment officially.
January 1996: Hamas master bombmaker Yehiyeh Ayyash was killed in explosion of booby-trapped cell phone in Gaza. Israel was assumed responsible.
September 1997: Two Israeli Mossad agents were arrested in Jordan after botched effort to assassinate Hamas leader Khaled Mashaal.
July 2002: Hamas commander Salah Shehadeh was killed with 14 others when Israeli plane drops one-ton bomb on his Gaza house.
September 2002: Hamas commander Mohammed Deif was wounded in Israeli airstrike.
March 2003: Ibrahim Makadmeh, senior Hamas strategist, was killed in Israeli airstrike in Gaza.
June 2003: Hamas leader Abdel Aziz Rantisi was wounded in Israeli airstrike in Gaza.
Aug. 21, 2003: Three Hamas members, including prominent leader Ismail Abu Shanab and two bodyguards, were killed by helicopter missile strike. One bystander was killed, at least 15 others wounded.
Aug. 24, 2003: Four Palestinians, all Hamas activists, were killed in helicopter strike in Gaza City. More than a dozen bystanders were injured.
Aug. 26, 2003: Two Palestinian bystanders were killed in helicopter strike in Gaza City. Another bystander died the following week.
Aug. 28, 2003: One Hamas activist was killed by missile strike in southern Gaza. Three others were injured.
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