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Mossad in Lebanon (2/3): ‘Now, they want to kill’

While the region is being drawn deeper into a war, and Israel is stepping up its assassination operations, L’Orient-Le Jour takes a look back at the Israeli intelligence’s history in Lebanon, in a three-part series. Chapter two.

Mossad in Lebanon (2/3): ‘Now, they want to kill’

Illustration by Jaimee Lee Haddad.

It was September 1972, in Jerusalem. Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir stands resolutely behind her podium. Facing the members of the Knesset, she must remain strong. After all, she is the “lioness” of Israel, a nation that has just been attacked....
It was September 1972, in Jerusalem. Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir stands resolutely behind her podium. Facing the members of the Knesset, she must remain strong. After all, she is the “lioness” of Israel, a nation that has just been attacked....