Last week, Iranian officials reported that a “regional joint Israel-Arab” plot to assassinate Revolutionary Guards Quds Force Commander Maj. Gen. Qasem Soleimani had been foiled, with the plotters allegedly planning to plant up to 500 kg of explosives under a congregation hall where the commander was set to speak.
israel could easily assassinate Hezbollah Leader Hassan Nasrallah, and target Iran's senior commander of foreign operations, Mossad Director Yossi Cohen has said.
In an interview with Israel's Mishpacha magazine on Thursday, Cohen said that the Quds force commander “knows that his elimination is not impossible,” and that Soleimani “has not yet made a mistake putting him in the list of Mossad's liquidators.”
At the same time, the official admitted that Soleimani's “actions are identified and felt everywhere,” and that “there's no doubt that the infrastructure he built presents a serious challenge for Israel.”
The Mossad chief also said that his agency could also assassinate Hezbollah's leader, but that this was “not the right question.” Nasrallah, Cohen said, “knows we have the option of eliminating him.”
The official revealed that there was “one target that we eliminate without hesitation,” and that was officials from Palestinian political and militant group Hamas operating abroad. “From local agents to those who manage acquisitions of weapons pointed toward…
