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Salah Shehade was a prominent political leader affiliated with the Fatah movement.
Answer: False
Salah Shehade was a prominent political leader affiliated with the Islamist movement Hamas, not Fatah.
Salah Shehade died at the age of 59 as a result of an Israeli assassination.
Answer: False
Salah Shehade died at the age of 49 as a result of an Israeli targeted killing, not 59.
Salah Shehade was of Palestinian nationality and was affiliated with the political party Hamas.
Answer: True
Salah Shehade was of Palestinian nationality and was affiliated with the political party Hamas, an Islamist movement.
Salah Shehade's primary occupation within Hamas was that of a diplomatic envoy.
Answer: False
Salah Shehade's primary occupation within Hamas was that of a military commander, leading the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades, not a diplomatic envoy.
Salah Shehade served continuously as the Commander of the Izz al-Din al-Qassam Brigades from 1996 until his death.
Answer: False
Salah Shehade served as Commander of the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades from September to December 1998, and then continuously from December 1998 until his death, not from 1996.
Mohammed Deif preceded Salah Shehade in his role as Commander of the Izz al-Din al-Qassam Brigades.
Answer: False
Mohammed Deif succeeded Salah Shehade as Commander of the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades; Yahya Ayash was Shehade's predecessor.
Salah Shehade became a member of Hamas upon the group's formation in 1987.
Answer: True
Salah Shehade became a member of Hamas when the group was formed in 1987.
Salah Shehade was arrested twice by Israeli authorities in his early career, first in 1984 and again in 1989.
Answer: False
Salah Shehade was arrested twice by Israeli authorities in his early career, first in 1984 and again in 1988, not 1989.
After 1996, Salah Shehade became a top leader within Hamas alongside Yahya Ayash and Adnan al-Ghoul.
Answer: False
After 1996, Salah Shehade became a top leader within Hamas alongside Mohammed Deif and Adnan al-Ghoul, following Yahya Ayash's death.
During the Al-Aqsa Intifada, Israel accused Salah Shehade of masterminding attacks exclusively within the West Bank.
Answer: False
During the Al-Aqsa Intifada, Israel accused Salah Shehade of masterminding attacks targeting both Israeli soldiers and civilians within the Gaza Strip and in Israel proper, not exclusively the West Bank.
Salah Shehade completed his full twelve-year prison sentence before his assassination.
Answer: False
Salah Shehade was released on May 14, 2000, prior to completing his full twelve-year prison sentence before his assassination.
Salah Shehade was reportedly involved in the production of Qassam rockets and the smuggling of military equipment into Gaza.
Answer: True
Salah Shehade was reportedly involved in the production of Qassam rockets and the smuggling of military equipment into Gaza.
Salah Shehade's leadership of the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades was characterized by a reduction in suicide attacks against Israeli civilian targets.
Answer: False
Salah Shehade's leadership of the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades was characterized by a campaign of suicide attacks against Israeli civilian targets, not a reduction.
What was Salah Shehade's primary affiliation within the Palestinian militant movement?
Answer: Hamas
Salah Shehade's primary affiliation within the Palestinian militant movement was with Hamas.
Where was Salah Shehade born?
Answer: Beit Hanoun, Gaza
Salah Shehade was born in Beit Hanoun, Gaza.
Salah Shehade was of which nationality?
Answer: Palestinian
Salah Shehade was of Palestinian nationality.
What military wing of Hamas did Salah Shehade lead?
Answer: Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades
Salah Shehade led the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of Hamas.
When did Salah Shehade's continuous command of the Izz al-Din al-Qassam Brigades begin?
Answer: December 1998
Salah Shehade's continuous command of the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades began in December 1998.
Who was Salah Shehade's predecessor as Commander of the Izz al-Din al-Qassam Brigades?
Answer: Yahya Ayash
Yahya Ayash was Salah Shehade's predecessor as Commander of the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades.
In what year did Salah Shehade become a member of Hamas?
Answer: 1987
Salah Shehade became a member of Hamas in 1987, upon the group's formation.
In which two years was Salah Shehade arrested by Israeli authorities early in his career?
Answer: 1984 and 1988
Salah Shehade was arrested by Israeli authorities in 1984 and 1988 early in his career.
Who were the other top leaders alongside Salah Shehade within Hamas after 1996, following Yahya Ayash's death?
Answer: Mohammed Deif and Adnan al-Ghoul
After 1996, following Yahya Ayash's death, Salah Shehade was a top leader within Hamas alongside Mohammed Deif and Adnan al-Ghoul.
During the Al-Aqsa Intifada, Salah Shehade was accused of masterminding attacks targeting whom?
Answer: Both Israeli soldiers and civilians within the Gaza Strip and in Israel proper
During the Al-Aqsa Intifada, Salah Shehade was accused of masterminding attacks targeting both Israeli soldiers and civilians within the Gaza Strip and in Israel proper.
When was Salah Shehade released from his twelve-year prison sentence?
Answer: May 14, 2000
Salah Shehade was released from his twelve-year prison sentence on May 14, 2000.
Salah Shehade was reportedly involved in the production of what type of homemade projectile?
Answer: Qassam rockets
Salah Shehade was reportedly involved in the production of Qassam rockets.
What policy did Salah Shehade define for Hamas as the leader of the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades?
Answer: Terror attacks
As the leader of the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades, Salah Shehade defined the policy of terror attacks for Hamas.
Salah Shehade was assassinated by a ground raid conducted by Israeli Defense Forces in Gaza City.
Answer: False
Salah Shehade was assassinated by a one-ton bomb dropped by an F-16 plane, not a ground raid.
The assassination strike on Salah Shehade's residence resulted in the complete destruction of eight houses in the al-Daraj neighborhood.
Answer: True
The assassination strike resulted in the complete destruction of eight houses in the al-Daraj neighborhood, along with partial destruction and damage to others.
Among the casualties of the attack that killed Salah Shehade were only Shehade, his wife, and his daughter.
Answer: False
The attack killed fifteen people, including Salah Shehade, his wife, daughter, and seven members of the Matar family, among others.
Fewer than 50 people were injured as a result of the assassination attack.
Answer: False
Between 50 and 150 people were injured as a result of the assassination attack, not fewer than 50.
How was Salah Shehade assassinated?
Answer: By a one-ton bomb dropped by an F-16 plane
Salah Shehade was assassinated by a one-ton bomb dropped by an F-16 plane.
How many houses were completely destroyed in the al-Daraj neighborhood due to the assassination strike?
Answer: Eight
Eight houses were completely destroyed in the al-Daraj neighborhood due to the assassination strike.
Besides Salah Shehade, his wife, and daughter, who else was killed in the attack?
Answer: Seven members of the Matar family
Besides Salah Shehade, his wife, and daughter, seven members of the Matar family were also killed in the attack.
What was the range of people injured in the assassination attack?
Answer: Between 50 and 150
Between 50 and 150 people were injured in the assassination attack.
Salah Shehade's assassination received widespread condemnation from Middle Eastern nations, Western Europe, and the United States.
Answer: True
Salah Shehade's assassination received widespread condemnation from Middle Eastern nations, Western Europe, and the United States.
Hady Amr believed the assassination would have a negligible impact on the youth of the Arab World.
Answer: False
Hady Amr believed the assassination would have a lasting and significant impact on the youth of the Arab World, stating they would 'never, never forget' what happened.
Human rights organizations globally praised the attack that killed Salah Shehade for its precision.
Answer: False
Human rights organizations globally severely criticized the attack, characterizing it as a war crime, not praising its precision.
The Gush Shalom movement threatened to turn the pilot responsible for the bombing over to an Israeli military court.
Answer: False
The Gush Shalom movement threatened to turn the pilot responsible for the bombing over to the International Court of Justice in The Hague, not an Israeli military court.
Which international entities condemned Salah Shehade's assassination?
Answer: Middle Eastern nations, Western Europe, and the United States
Salah Shehade's assassination was condemned by Middle Eastern nations, Western Europe, and the United States.
What was Ariel Sharon's initial reaction to the assassination?
Answer: He praised it as 'one of our greatest successes.'
Ariel Sharon initially praised the assassination as 'one of our greatest successes.'
According to Hady Amr, what would 150 million children and youth in the Arab World never forget?
Answer: What the Israeli people, military and democracy had done to Palestinian children
Hady Amr stated that 150 million children and youth in the Arab World would 'never, never forget what the Israeli people, the Israeli military and Israeli democracy had done to Palestinian children.'
How did human rights organizations characterize dropping a one-ton bomb on a dense civilian neighborhood?
Answer: Equivalent to a war crime
Human rights organizations characterized dropping a one-ton bomb on a dense civilian neighborhood as equivalent to a war crime.
The Gush Shalom movement threatened to turn the pilot responsible for the bombing over to which body?
Answer: The International Court of Justice in The Hague
The Gush Shalom movement threatened to turn the pilot responsible for the bombing over to the International Court of Justice in The Hague.
Twenty-seven Israeli reserve pilots signed a letter praising the assassination operation.
Answer: False
Twenty-seven Israeli reserve pilots signed a letter refusing to fly assassination sorties, protesting the operation, rather than praising it.
Israeli Air Force chief Dan Halutz told his pilots that they were responsible for choosing the targets for assassination sorties.
Answer: False
Dan Halutz told his pilots they were not responsible for choosing targets, but rather for executing instructions perfectly.
When asked about the morality of the operation, Dan Halutz admitted that the planning lacked moral consideration due to civilian casualties.
Answer: False
Dan Halutz asserted that the planning included moral consideration and that a mistake or accident did not negate this, rather than admitting a lack of moral consideration.
Dan Halutz denounced left-wing groups criticizing the pilots, referring to them as 'bleeding hearts'.
Answer: True
Dan Halutz denounced left-wing groups criticizing the pilots, referring to them as 'bleeding hearts' and accusing them of 'Mafioso methods of blackmail'.
Dan Halutz suggested that members of the Gush Shalom group should be honored for their activism.
Answer: False
Dan Halutz suggested that members of the Gush Shalom group should be placed on trial in Israel for their critical comments, not honored.
A joint inquiry by the IDF and Shin Bet concluded that the operational procedures in the Shehade assassination were 'correct and professional'.
Answer: True
A joint inquiry by the IDF and Shin Bet concluded that the operational procedures and assessments in the Shehade assassination were 'correct and professional'.
The IDF and Shin Bet inquiry identified shortcomings in the execution of the assassination strike.
Answer: False
The IDF and Shin Bet inquiry identified shortcomings in the intelligence available and its analysis concerning civilian presence, not in the execution of the strike itself.
What action did twenty-seven Israeli reserve pilots take regarding the assassination operation?
Answer: They refused to fly assassination sorties over Gaza and the West Bank.
Twenty-seven Israeli reserve pilots signed a letter refusing to fly assassination sorties over Gaza and the West Bank as a protest against the operation.
What did Israeli Air Force chief Dan Halutz tell his pilots regarding their execution of the operation?
Answer: Their execution was 'perfect' and 'superb.'
Israeli Air Force chief Dan Halutz told his pilots that their execution of the operation was 'perfect' and 'superb.'
What did Dan Halutz state he felt when dropping a bomb?
Answer: A light bump to the plane as a result of the bomb's release
Dan Halutz stated that he felt 'a light bump to the plane as a result of the bomb's release' when dropping a bomb.
How did Dan Halutz refer to left-wing groups criticizing the pilots?
Answer: 'Bleeding hearts' who used 'Mafioso methods of blackmail'
Dan Halutz referred to left-wing groups criticizing the pilots as 'bleeding hearts' who used 'Mafioso methods of blackmail'.
What did Dan Halutz suggest should happen to members of the Gush Shalom group?
Answer: They should be placed on trial in Israel.
Dan Halutz suggested that members of the Gush Shalom group should be placed on trial in Israel for their critical comments.
What did the joint IDF and Shin Bet inquiry conclude about the operational procedures in the Shehade assassination?
Answer: They were 'correct and professional.'
The joint IDF and Shin Bet inquiry concluded that the operational procedures in the Shehade assassination were 'correct and professional.'
What specific shortcoming did the IDF and Shin Bet inquiry identify in the assassination operation?
Answer: Shortcomings in the intelligence available and analysis concerning civilian presence
The IDF and Shin Bet inquiry identified shortcomings in the intelligence available and its analysis concerning civilian presence near Shehade.
A class-action lawsuit concerning targeted killings was filed in 2002 against Ariel Sharon.
Answer: False
A class-action lawsuit concerning targeted killings was filed in December 2005 against former Shin Bet director Avraham Dichter, not Ariel Sharon in 2002.
The class-action lawsuit against Avraham Dichter claimed that assassination is legal under international law.
Answer: False
The class-action lawsuit against Avraham Dichter claimed that assassination is illegal under international law, not legal.
In 2007, the Israeli State Prosecutor's Office announced that an independent commission of inquiry would be held to investigate the deaths of innocent Palestinian civilians.
Answer: True
In 2007, the Israeli State Prosecutor's Office announced that an independent commission of inquiry would be held to investigate the deaths of the 14 innocent Palestinian civilians.
The independent commission of inquiry into civilian deaths was headed by Avraham Dichter.
Answer: False
The independent commission of inquiry into civilian deaths was headed by Zvi Inbar, not Avraham Dichter.
The Spanish Supreme Court ordered an official inquiry into the IDF's targeted killing of Shehade in 2010.
Answer: False
The Spanish Supreme Court upheld the rejection of an official inquiry into the IDF's targeted killing of Shehade in April 2010, reversing a lower court's decision.
What did the class-action lawsuit allege about Avraham Dichter?
Answer: He 'developed, implemented and escalated the practice of targeted killings.'
The class-action lawsuit alleged that Avraham Dichter 'developed, implemented and escalated the practice of targeted killings.'
What decision did the Israeli State Prosecutor's Office make in 2007 regarding civilian deaths in the Shehade assassination?
Answer: That an independent commission of inquiry would be held.
In 2007, the Israeli State Prosecutor's Office decided that an independent commission of inquiry would be held to investigate civilian deaths in the Shehade assassination.
Who headed the independent commission of inquiry into the civilian deaths following the Shehade assassination?
Answer: Zvi Inbar
Zvi Inbar headed the independent commission of inquiry into the civilian deaths following the Shehade assassination.
In what year did Spain's National Audience initiate a war crimes probe into the attack that killed Shehade?
Answer: January 2009
Spain's National Audience initiated a war crimes probe into the attack that killed Shehade in January 2009.
What was the final outcome of the Spanish legal proceedings regarding the inquiry into the Shehade killing?
Answer: The Supreme Court of Spain upheld the rejection of an official inquiry.
The Supreme Court of Spain upheld the rejection of an official inquiry into the Shehade killing, reversing a lower court's decision.
Why did Israeli MK Moshe Ya'alon cancel a trip to the United Kingdom in 2009?
Answer: He feared an arrest on war crimes charges related to the 2002 killing of Salah Shehade.
Israeli MK Moshe Ya'alon canceled a trip to the United Kingdom in 2009 because he feared an arrest on war crimes charges related to the 2002 killing of Salah Shehade.