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From letter bombs to exploding mobile phones to drone strikes, targeting enemies for assassination has long been part of Israel’s playbook, dating back to the Zionist underground movement before the country’s founding.
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Keir Simmons, NBC News, 9 Jan. 2024
Another letter bomb was sent to the headquarters of Instalaza, a Spanish firm that manufactures weapons and military equipment, including some used to help Ukrainian forces.
—José Bautista, BostonGlobe.com, 1 Dec. 2022
Top officials from the organization were the target of the letter bomb attack that the Mossad chief requested in 1965 but that was ultimately unsuccessful.
—Ronen Bergman, New York Times, 13 Mar. 2023
Days before Wednesday’s announcement, the New York Times had reported that U.S. officials believe Russian military intelligence officers directed associates of a White supremacist militant group based in Russia to carry out the letter bomb campaign in Spain last year.
—Danielle Wallace, Fox News, 25 Jan. 2023
After the news conference, a spokesperson for the Interior Ministry said in text messages that another letter bomb had been sent to the U.S. Embassy in Madrid and that it had been safely detonated.
—John Ismay, New York Times, 1 Dec. 2022
After the news conference, a spokesperson for the Interior Ministry said in text messages that another letter bomb had been sent to the US Embassy in Madrid and that it had been safely detonated.
—José Bautista, BostonGlobe.com, 1 Dec. 2022
The two letter bombs found Wednesday were the first to detonate.
—Fox News, 14 Feb. 2020
This included sections from a manifesto produced by Theodore Kaczynski, the Unabomber, who over a number of years sent letter bombs to several universities and airlines, killing three people and wounding 23 others.
—NBC News, 22 Mar. 2020
Keir Simmons, NBC News, 9 Jan. 2024
Another letter bomb was sent to the headquarters of Instalaza, a Spanish firm that manufactures weapons and military equipment, including some used to help Ukrainian forces.
—José Bautista, BostonGlobe.com, 1 Dec. 2022
Top officials from the organization were the target of the letter bomb attack that the Mossad chief requested in 1965 but that was ultimately unsuccessful.
—Ronen Bergman, New York Times, 13 Mar. 2023
Days before Wednesday’s announcement, the New York Times had reported that U.S. officials believe Russian military intelligence officers directed associates of a White supremacist militant group based in Russia to carry out the letter bomb campaign in Spain last year.
—Danielle Wallace, Fox News, 25 Jan. 2023
After the news conference, a spokesperson for the Interior Ministry said in text messages that another letter bomb had been sent to the U.S. Embassy in Madrid and that it had been safely detonated.
—John Ismay, New York Times, 1 Dec. 2022
After the news conference, a spokesperson for the Interior Ministry said in text messages that another letter bomb had been sent to the US Embassy in Madrid and that it had been safely detonated.
—José Bautista, BostonGlobe.com, 1 Dec. 2022
The two letter bombs found Wednesday were the first to detonate.
—Fox News, 14 Feb. 2020
This included sections from a manifesto produced by Theodore Kaczynski, the Unabomber, who over a number of years sent letter bombs to several universities and airlines, killing three people and wounding 23 others.
—NBC News, 22 Mar. 2020
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“Letter bomb.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/letter%20bomb. Accessed 27 Apr. 2024.
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