He incited for years and enjoyed immunity: Why was the elimination of Fathi Hazem delayed?
Fathi Hazem, a senior officer in the PA army who established the terror battalion in Jenin and the father of the terrorist Raed Hazem who carried out the murderous shooting attack on Dizengoff, was eliminated…
Assessment
The delayed killing of a senior PA officer who openly built a terror battalion in Jenin raises questions about Israeli decision making over years of known threat. The man was not just an operational commander but the father of a perpetrator of a mass shooting on Dizengoff Street. A stabbing attack finally triggered action that intelligence and operational capability had apparently made possible for a long time. The reader should watch for official explanations of why this specific target was deferred, and whether similar deferrals exist for other figures.