Correspondent in Jerusalem
Satisfaction, even pride, is in order in Israel after the assassination on Friday of Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, the Iranian scientist touted as the father of the Islamic Republic's nuclear and ballistic missile program.
A fog of circumstance however covers the responsibility of the operation.
Israeli leaders do not comment on the death of the researcher, but a remark by Benjamin Netanyahu, posted on social networks Friday afternoon after the attack, was perceived as a heavy implication.
“I have done a lot of things this week, but I cannot say everything,”
the Prime Minister wrote.
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Unknown to the general public although sometimes compared to Robert Oppenheimer, the designer of the American atomic bomb, or to Kubrick's Doctor Strangelove, Mohsen Fakhrizadeh was in Israel's sights.
During a press conference in April 2018, Benjamin Netanyahu, for whom Iran represents an
"existential"
threat
,
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