Al-Arouri: A Decade of Threats and Pursuit
In late August 2023, around a month and a half before the Al-Aqsa Flood operation, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu issued a threat to assassinate Saleh al-Arouri, a prominent figure in Hamas. Netanyahu’s threats were made amidst a significant wave of incitement in Israel against al-Arouri, accusing him of orchestrating the reconstruction of Hamas’ infrastructure in the West Bank and establishing cells for the movement in Lebanon.