The Shin Bet agency did not name the official. It said in a statement that it had seized an explosive device attached to a remote detonation system that Hezbollah had planned to operate remotely.
Phone records suggest the suspect may have been lying in wait for nearly 12 hours, camped out with a rifle and food, according to a criminal complaint filed on Monday.
The attempted assassination of Khamenei underscored the deep divisions within Iranian society and the fierce resistance the new regime faced.
Taking out Haniyeh while he was in Tehran was an unmistakable signal to disabuse Iran of the notion that it has immunity when it uses proxies to harm Israel.
The original plan was to allegedly assassinate Haniyeh while attending the funeral of former Iranian president Ebrahim Raisi in May.
Most scholarly assessments of targeted killings or government-directed assassinations have focused on their legality and morality. The handful that have focused on efficacy are inconclusive.
The recent assassination attempt on former President Trump highlights growing political violence. Amid Biden's controversial comments and media silence, similar threats may loom over Netanyahu.
Repairmen who claimed to fix a faulty air conditioner in the former president's vehicle, which was allegedly sabotaged two days earlier, are the primary suspects in the assassination attempt.
The bullet consolidated the martyr’s image that Trump has cultivated all along, but unlike all other martyrs, whose resurrection is only a hope, his second coming will be real.
Rabin’s funeral consecrated Oslo as his legacy, with then-US president Bill Clinton deeming him “a martyr for peace.” Donald Trump was lucky – the assassin missed.
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