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At no point I said anything about legitimacy, as in practice that will be based on the acceptance or rejection of the public figure rather than the way he died, and so useless as a metric. Neither the killing of Heydrich or the attempted ones at Hitler were proper military operations, so they are in execution more similar to the Assassination of John F. Kennedy. As for Soleimani, that was a malformed move request that was open for almost a year, and was closed because of that. Cambalachero (talk) 14:43, 21 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
You're grasping at straws. 1. You said "unlawful", I used the words "extralegal" and "illegitimate". Closely related terms. 2. "proper military operations" – The killing of Heydrich was planned and executed by intelligence service and military officers. Similar to the Haniyeh operation in many ways. 3. "malformed move request ... was closed because of that" – That was one of the reasons given, but not the only one. Many people treated it like an RM, and the arguments also apply to your request. — Chrisahn (talk) 17:14, 21 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose: "Assassination" commonly refers to the deliberate killing of a prominent person, especially a political leader, by a sudden or secret attack for political reasons.[1] This is exactly what happened with Haniyeh — Chairman of Hamas's Political Bureau, killed by a smuggled explosive device attack orchestrated by Israel to weaken Hamas. Furthermore, the vast majority of RS describe the event as an assassination, including The New York Times, CNN, ABC, and Al Jazeera, as well as Israeli media outlets such as The Times of Israel and The Jerusalem Post. Skitash (talk) 20:48, 21 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose: Per our article, Assassination is the willful killing, by a sudden, secret, or planned attack, of a person—especially if prominent or important. This applies here, and RS have been describing it as an assassination. MT(710)15:16, 23 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
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