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How Mossad’s Biggest Failure Forced Israel to Free Hamas’ Founder

Amman, Jordan — September 1997. Two men walked past Hamas leader Khaled Mashal on a quiet morning street. One brushed his ear with what looked like a simple device. Within minutes, Mashal collapsed, convulsing, as a nerve toxin shut down his body. It was supposed to be a clean hit — a Mossad assassination leaving no trace. But this time, everything went wrong. The assassins were caught. The toxin was discovered. And Israel suddenly faced its worst diplomatic crisis in decades. King Hussein demanded an antidote—or he would hang the captured agents and end Jordan’s peace with Israel. What followed was a 72-hour race between life and death, secrecy and exposure, diplomacy and disaster. This is the story of how Mossad’s most ambitious operation turned into its greatest failure — an event that forced Israel to release Sheikh Ahmed Yassin, the founder of Hamas, in exchange for two captured spies. It’s a lesson written in poison, politics, and hubris: when intelligence overconfidence nearly set the Middle East on fire. Was Netanyahu right to save Mashal to protect peace with Jordan? Or should Mossad have accepted the cost of its own failure? Tell us your thoughts below. 👇 Subscribe for more deep dives into covert history, espionage, and operations the world was never meant to know.