{"id":1275739,"date":"2022-02-06T10:39:13","date_gmt":"2022-02-06T15:39:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1275739"},"modified":"2022-02-06T10:39:20","modified_gmt":"2022-02-06T15:39:20","slug":"report-israel-helped-u-s-in-assassinating-islamic-state-leader","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/report-israel-helped-u-s-in-assassinating-islamic-state-leader\/","title":{"rendered":"Report: Israel Helped U.S. in Assassinating Islamic State Leader"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Freport-israel-helped-u-s-in-assassinating-islamic-state-leader%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1275739&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/isis-leader-syria-strike-house-getty-640x335-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">Israel aided the U.S. in eliminating the Islamic State terror leader leader Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurayshi last week, Israeli media reported.<\/p>\n<p>Citing unnamed security sources, Israel\u2019s Channel 13 reported Israel \u201cwas involved in the search for al-Qurayshi\u2019s intelligence and contributed, using its sources in Syria, to creating a bridge which allowed the United States to act.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>Israel had tabs on&nbsp;al-Qurayshi and Washington notified Jerusalem of the raid in advance, the report said.<\/p>\n<p>After announcing the raid, President Joe Biden on Thursday said the U.S. had \u201celiminated a major terrorist threat in the world.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Al-Qurayshi, \u201cin a final act of desperate cowardice, chose to blow himself up\u2026 taking several members of his family with him,\u201d Biden went on.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>The target, also known as&nbsp;\u201cThe Destroyer,\u201d was one of the most wanted terrorists in the world, yet residents of his adopted hometown of Atme in northwest Syria thought he was a taxi driver.<\/p>\n<p>Al-Qurayshi was in charge of the Islamic State\u2019s \u201cIsrael file\u201d before he rose to become the terror group\u2019s leader in October 2019 after his predecessor was killed in a U.S. strike.<\/p>\n<p>According to a report by the Hebrew-language Maariv, which cited former IDF chief of staff Gadi Eisenkot, Israel has been involved in hundreds of operations against the Islamic State.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The world is a safer place now that the leader of ISIS has been eliminated. I commend our great ally the United States and the brave American soldiers for executing this daring operation. <\/p>\n<p>We must continue the global fight against terror \u2014 with strength &amp; determination. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/rF2tDEfdFx\">https:\/\/t.co\/rF2tDEfdFx<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Naftali Bennett \u05d1\u05e0\u05d8 (@naftalibennett) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/naftalibennett\/status\/1489247553443057667?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 3, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cThe world is a safer place now that the leader of ISIS has been eliminated,\u201d Bennett wrote on Twitter.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI commend our great ally the United States and the brave American soldiers for executing this daring operation. We must continue the global fight against terror \u2014 with strength and determination,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Israeli&nbsp;Defense Minister Benny Gantz echoed the sentiment.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt broadcasts an important message to the Middle East. The message is that there is the operational and strategic determination of the utmost significance. As a rule, the American modus operandi is to do big operations, and they have the capability,\u201d Gantz said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think it is very important, it is an important message to the world \u2014 that when America wants to do something, it can,\u201d he added, in a thinly veiled reference to Iran.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Israel aided the U.S. in eliminating the Islamic State terror leader leader Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurayshi last week, Israeli media reported. 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