1990s
Date | Place | Target | Description | Action | Executor |
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March 20, 1990 | Brussels | Gerald Bull | Canadian engineer and designer of the Project Babylon "supergun" for the Iraqi government | Shot at door to his apartment | Mossad (speculation and denied by Israel) |
February 16, 1992 | Lebanon | Abbas al-Musawi | Secretary-General of Hezbollah | Killed in his car convoy by missiles launched from two Israeli helicopters. | |
June 8, 1992 | Paris | Atef Bseiso | Palestinian official involved in Munich Massacre | Shot several times in the head at point-blank range by 2 gunmen, in his hotel (Aaron Klein's "Striking Back") | Mossad |
October 26, 1995 | Sliema, Malta | Fathi Shaqaqi | Head of Palestinian Islamic Jihad | Shot and killed in front of Diplomat Hotel. | |
January 6, 1996 | Gaza Strip | Yahya Ayyash | "The Engineer", Hamas bombmaker | Killed by bomb in cell phone. | Shabak |
September 25, 1997 | Amman | Khaled Mashaal (failed attempt) | Hamas political leader | Attempted poisoning. Israel provided antidote, after pressure by Clinton. Canada withdrew Ambassador. | Two Mossad agents with Canadian passports arrested |
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