On replaceability - Yossi Melman in Haaretz:

‘In a matter of hours, Israeli intelligence and military proved its tactical and operational capabilities twice over. On Tuesday evening, an airstrike using a precision-guided missile on a building in Beirut's Dahiyeh neighborhood – a Hezbollah stronghold – killed Fuad Shukr, a woman and two children. Shukr was a top Hezbollah commander wanted by both the U.S. and Israel; the latter had tried to assassinate him several times over the years.

Seven hours later, in an even more daring operation imputed to Israel, if foreign reports are accurate, another precision-guided missile killed Ismail Haniyeh, the leader-in-exile of Hamas. His residence in Tehran was struck at 2 A.M., killing him and his bodyguard. When the war in Gaza began in October, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Defense Minister Yoav Gallant and Mossad Director David Barnea promised that they would kill Hamas leaders wherever they are.’

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‘Mossad agents and Israeli pilots have conducted similar operations in Lebanon, Syria, Yemen, Iraq, Sudan and Iran. According to foreign reports, in the past, the Mossad operatives were Israeli nationals. However, based on these reports, for over a decade, mercenaries from foreign nations have been recruited and paid handsomely for some of the missions in a bid to lower the risks.’

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‘Lacking any coherent plan for ending the war, while vowing that it will continue for years to come, the Netanyahu government is driven only by vengeance and is enamored with targeted killings. Hezbollah and Iran have promised to retaliate, and the ping-pong game of action and reaction by all parties is likely to continue.
Iran's pride has been dealt a particularly harsh blow, as its sovereignty was violated a day after the swearing-in of a new president, Masoud Pezeshkian. Haniyeh was visiting Tehran for the inauguration ceremony and to discuss the future of Hamas and the war in Gaza with Iran's leaders.’

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‘The two killings will only make Hamas, Hezbollah and Iran more stubborn and determined.
In 2008, a joint Mossad-CIA operation in Damascus killed Imad Mughniyeh, Hezbollah's "defense minister," with a car bomb. Israel said it would be difficult for Hezbollah to recover that after his death. Nevertheless, the group emerged even stronger, and sooner than expected. Terrorists and their leaders are replaceable.’

Read the article here.

Most people are replaceable, that to begin with.

There is no end to the catastrophic continuation of tactical successes and strategic failures.

This time also at the cost of the hostages.

In the meantime the internal divisions in Israeli society become more visible everyday.

The internal enemy is more lethal than the external enemy, the combination is a timebomb.