Editorial: Le Monde

• Israel has not claimed responsibility for the assassination of one of the main leaders of Palestinian Hamas, Ismaïl Haniyeh, in Tehran.
• This assassination showcases Israel's ability to strike its enemies wherever they are.
• The assassination falls into a long practice that initially targeted the Palestine Liberation Organization.
• Fouad Chokr, a top Lebanese Hezbollah military official, was also killed in an attack that represents a classic cycle of attack and retaliation.
• Despite being the mediator for the endless Hamas negotiations, Ismaïl Haniyeh was assassinated, raising questions about Israel's strategy.
• Israel’s tactics, based on targeted assassinations to protect itself and buy time, haven't prevented the emergence of even more dangerous successors.
• Israeli Prime Minister, Benyamin Netanyahu, has shown an inability to offer any solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict that doesn’t start with the denial of the Palestinians' legitimate rights to have their own state.

Conclusion: Israel's strategy is impaired and its obsession with force has harmful effects on Israeli society itself, generating a radicalization as diplomacy and compromise disappear.

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