On August 28, 1980, Israel almost succeeded in assassinating the US ambassador to Lebanon, John Gunther Dean. Although the ...

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Investigative journalist Ronen Bergman said Haniyeh played, in general, a key role in the Hamas military operations, and in particular, in the preparation for the October 7 attack. The report said the ...

Right up until he was assassinated, Hassan Nasrallah did not believe that Israel would kill him. As he hunkered inside a Hezbollah fortress 40 feet underground on Sept. 27, his aides urged him to go ...

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.

Diego Ibarra Sanchez for The New York Times Supported by By Mark Mazzetti Sheera Frenkel and Ronen Bergman Reporting from Tel Aviv and Jerusalem Right up until he was assassinated, Hassan ...

In the first 17 years of this century alone, Israel conducted more than 2,000 targeted killing operations, according to Ronen Bergman, author of a history of Israeli assassinations. Over the same ...

Here are the most exciting books we're most looking forward to sharing in 2025 Lizz Schumer is the senior books editor at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2024. Her work has previously ...

Surprised by Oct. 7 and fearful of another attack, Israel weakened safeguards meant to protect noncombatants, allowing officers to endanger up to 20 people in each airstrike. One of the deadliest ...

Ronen Bergman, John Ismay, Sheera Frenkel and Adam Sella report. “It meant, for example, that the military could target rank-and-file militants as they were at home surrounded by relatives and ...

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