Targeting Senior Terrorists Aimed at Reasserting Deterrence

(Jerusalem Post) Yaakov Lappin - The attempt to kill Muhammad Deif, the head of Hamas' military wing, on Tuesday is one component of a wider strategy to reassert Israeli deterrence, former Israel Navy chief Vice-Adm. (res.) Eliezer Marom said Wednesday. Keeping senior terrorists on the run forces them to go on the defensive and spend less time trying to murder Israeli civilians, he said.