The Israeli airstrike on the Qatari capital Doha is a step change in the way they tackle their enemies, but only the latest in a series of them.

In the past, Israel used stealthier means to dispatch its foes. Plausible deniability was preferable.

October 7 changed everything, the Israelis say.

So when they came for Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh in 2024 in the Iranian capital of Tehran, they didn't bother with anything as subtle as poison or strangulation - they blew him up with an airstrike instead.

Now it's launched another one , this time not on a city in a country that's hostile to Israel, but one it has relations with, to the horror of the region and massive diplomatic fallout.

You might assume the targets were high value, a clear and present threat to Israel, to justify all tha

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