But it's the total uselessness of such assassinations, how do we know he was the most effective man for the job anyway, and if Israel is making the assumption he's irreplaceable, well, that's just stupid. They are clever, their successful assassinations should show Israel's enemies that they have incredibly good and effective intelligence. They must have moles in these organisations and / or some very effective electronic wizardry available.

Still, it remains true that in its cleverness Israel reveals its stupidity - the rising stakes that they'll betting they'll still "win" by cowering the populations might have worked previously, but it's less obvious they're going to continue to work. The problem though as always is the US backing (and UK and Germany), it is totally unconditional and highly dangerous, like having a serial kller in the family - protecting him and giving him the means and encouragement to continue. .