I agree with Aluf. Meir Dagan, former head of Mossad.
An Israeli prime minister who is at odds with Mossad is the worst.
Mr. Sinwar has been in command of Hamas' security and counterintelligence agency, the General Security Intelligence Service, which is equivalent to the secret police.
In the 1980s, he was sentenced to life imprisonment several times for killing several Palestinians who betrayed Hamas and became Israeli collaborators, and was imprisoned for a total of 22 years. During that time, he learned Hebrew and gained knowledge of Israeli society and culture. He was released in 2011, and six years later, as the supreme leader of Gaza, he has been carrying out operations to outwit Israel.
He is also familiar with the activities of Israeli and American intelligence agencies, and like Commander Daif, it is not easy to capture or assassinate him. However, if he is assassinated, it will be a huge blow to Hamas.
The Mossad director who was at odds with the prime minister
On the other hand, Prime Minister Netanyahu has continued to take a negative attitude toward assassination operations. For this reason, Mehr Dagan (1945-2016), the 10th Director of Mossad (2002-2011), who carried out assassination operations over the issue of Iran's nuclear development, came into fierce conflict with the Prime Minister.
On January 8, 2011, former Director Dagan held a farewell press conference at the Mossad Academy in northern Tel Aviv, where he vented his anger at the Prime Minister. "Prime Minister Netanyahu is acting irresponsibly out of his own ego and bringing disaster to the country. He was elected in the election, but he is not a wise man," he said.
When Iran's nuclear development came to light in 2002, Mossad identified Iran's main nuclear and missile engineers and tracked down their addresses. An agent on a motorcycle drove alongside them and planted a bomb in their car as they were heading to work. He targeted 15 people, assassinating six of them. He also killed a general of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps, who was said to be responsible for missile development, along with 17 of his subordinates.
Dagan and his team were convinced that such effective assassinations could stop the development of nuclear weapons. However, Prime Minister Netanyahu and then-Defense Minister Ehud Barak decided that such covert operations would not be able to effectively delay Iran's nuclear project, and so they called for war.
Close ties between Mossad and the CIA since the Cold War
Dagan and his team had their own philosophy. "Assassinations are more moral than all-out war." Capturing a few key figures would make war unnecessary, saving countless lives of soldiers and civilians on both sides. A large-scale attack on Iran could lead to a conflict across the Middle East. But it might not be enough to destroy Iran's nuclear facilities.
In fact, Dagan explained this strategic thinking to then-CIA Director Leon Panetta without the Prime Minister's permission. In response, US President Barack Obama immediately expressed his opposition to war, telling Prime Minister Netanyahu not to attack.