Netanyahu’s attempted assassination of Hamas leaders in Qatar appears to have failed, damaging his global standing and jeopardizing ceasefire negotiations.

The airstrike killed five low-level Hamas members but reportedly spared the intended senior targets.

Despite the setback straining U.S. ties and collapsing peace talks, Netanyahu remains politically secure despite Israeli public opposition.

JERUSALEM — When Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ordered last week’s attempted assassination of Hamas leaders in Qatar, he took a major gamble in his campaign to pound the group into submission.

With signs growing that the mission failed, that gamble appears to have backfired.

Netanyahu had hoped to kill Hamas’ senior exiled leaders to get closer toward his vision of “total victory” against

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