Subject: Re: Israel will lose now
...I’m surprised he hasn’t and then gone to the playbook of just eliminating the Hamas leaders on a onesie and twosie basis, as they did with the Olympics massacre masterminds.

I agree. Officially, it is frowned upon. But the whole point is doing it covertly in such a way that no one can prove it was you. They may know it was you, but they can't prove it.

A lot less-bad publicity than killing dozens of children in a strike. Bibi may not care, though it will damage other international relations, possible treaties or pacts, etc. I think the Saudi pact is dead for now (which I believe was what precipitated this attack in the first place).