I'm not entirely sure this was the right move at this time.
I'm guessing to not sour their relationship with Qatar, they had to wait until he was outside of Qatar. From what I've read he normally travels directly from Qatar to friendly host nations like Turkey and Iran, which are hostile to Israel. To take out Haniyeh, you have to set up an assassination in a hostile nation, like Iran, and that's not an easy task.
I do worry what the response from Iran will be. They are rattling their sabers pretty hard right now. Israel has grown pretty bold, as they've been hitting Iran everywhere without any kind of consequence, but eventually Iran will get pushed too far.
And yes, Israel is running out of people to negotiate with. Sinwar is the biggest leader left, and he seems like the type to die in his bunker fighting to the last man. That being said, maybe Haniyeh was the one holding things up.
Anyways, I'm glad this guy is dead. He was an awful human being who stole billions of dollars from Gazans to live like a king in Qatar, while setting up a network of child soldiers in Gaza to do dirty work he would never do. I do worry about the fallout though.
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