Assassination

Russian army's artillery chief assassinated near Moscow in car bombing, second in one day - report

Russian independent media site Agentstvo reported that this is the first instance in which the Kremlin refused to acknowledge the victim’s identity in the assassination of a Russian army official.

|ByCORINNE BAUM
Damir Davidov.
sraeli security forces inspect the scene where a car exploded on the Ayalon Highway in Tel Aviv, June 4, 2026.

Thursday's Ayalon car bomb victim identified, estranged husband suspected of murder, detained

Cohen, a former police officer, was killed by an explosive device weighing about half a kilogram, which detonated while she was driving on Highway 20 in the middle of rush hour traffic.

|ByHODAYA RAN
Then-defense minister Ariel Sharon (R) meets with IDF soldiers after a battle with Palestinian gunmen at Beaufort Castle, southern Lebanon, June 7, 1982.

On This Day: Palestinian terrorists attempt assassinating Israeli ambassador, prompting Lebanon War

Shlomo Argov survived the London shooting attack but remained paralyzed, while Israel launched a campaign that expelled the PLO and set the stage for Iran's Islamic regime to establish Hezbollah.

|ByJAMES GENN
Fighters of the Ansar Allah al-Awfiya (Loyal Supporters of God) Shiite group parade with their weapons on June 16, 2015 in the southern Iraqi city of Basra during celebrations.

Iraq at a crossroads over militias, as senior commander is killed in car bombing - analysis

A senior commander from Ansar Allah al-Awfiya, an Iran-aligned Iraqi armed faction, was killed and his aide seriously wounded on Thursday when an explosive device detonated in their vehicle.

|BySETH J. FRANTZMAN

International drug traffickers and bribes: Inside Iran's plot to murder an Azerbaijani rabbi

IRGC officials met with known drug trafficker Agil Aslanov last fall, the Washington Post reported on Saturday. The officials gave Aslanov a photo of the rabbi and instructions on the killing.

APRIL 5, 2025ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Iran's Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei speaks during a meeting at the IRGC Aerospace Force achievements exhibition in Tehran, Iran November 19, 2023.

Japanese court orders dissolution of 'Moonies’ church following Abe assassination investigation

MARCH 29, 2025ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Japanese court orders dissolution of 'Moonies’ church following Abe assassination investigation.

Jury convicts men after foiled Iran-funded assassination attempt of journalist

Prosecutors said Rafat Amirov and Polad Omarov were to be paid $500,000 by Iran for the assassination.

MARCH 21, 2025ByDANIELLE GREYMAN-KENNARD
Defendants Polad Omarev and Rafat Amirov watch as Masih Alinejad, a New York-based journalist who left Iran in 2009 and is known for outspoken criticism of the government in Tehran and its treatment of women, reacts during questioning during their trial at a courtroom in New York, U.S., March 10, 2

Declassified JFK assassination files reveal Oswald's Soviet ties

Trump has also promised to release documents on the assassinations of civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. and Senator Robert Kennedy, both of whom were killed in 1968.

MARCH 19, 2025ByREUTERS
President John F. Kennedy signs a proclamation for the interdiction of the delivery of offensive weapons to Cuba during the Cuban missile crisis, at the White House in Washington in this handout photograph taken on October 23, 1962

Breakdown in Gaza ceasefire talks could trigger IDF 'high-level' assassinations - report

Such assassinations and commando operations could lead to escalation and a gradual heating up of the situation, said sources.

MARCH 7, 2025ByLIRAN HARONI, JERUSALEM POST STAFF
IDF soldiers operate in Jenin

IDF releases footage of assassination of Nasrallah on day of funeral

The attack involved a decade of intelligence collected both by the IDF and the Mossad, as well as a variety of last-minute deceptions.

FEBRUARY 23, 2025ByYONAH JEREMY BOB
Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah and the neighbourhood of Dahiyeh, Beirut. Illustrative.

'Everything will be revealed': Trump signs order to declassify files on JFK, MLK assassinations

"Everything will be revealed," Trump said as he signed the order, then holding it up.

JANUARY 23, 2025ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
U.S. President Donald Trump holds a signed executive order on AI, in the Oval Office of the White House, in Washington, U.S., January 23, 2025.

EU must designate IRGC as a terror organization - opinion

The EU must take decisive action to counter the growing threat posed by Iran and the IRGC.

JANUARY 23, 2025ByAIDIN PANAHI, ANDREW GHALILI
‘A MONSTER’ – Members of the IRGC attend a ground forces military drill in the East Azerbaijan province of Iran in 2022.

Fear for his life: Did Khamenei wear a bulletproof vest at funeral of assassinated judges? - report

Two days after the murder, Iran still doesn't know the motive of the assassinations, sparking rumors of civil unrest.

JANUARY 20, 2025ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei prays over the bodies of two assassinated Supreme Court Judges, Mohammad Moghiseh and Ali Razini in Tehran, Iran, January 19, 2025.

45 years after the assassination: New evidence surfaces in Palermo Mafia hit case

Piersanti Mattarella was assassinated in front of his home in Palermo while in a car with his wife as they were heading to Epiphany Day Mass.

JANUARY 9, 2025ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Palermo, Italy. New evidence surfaces in high-profile Mafia hit case.