Is that like a "War on Drugs" kind of war, or did the Israeli Government actully declare war on Hamas? And BTW, the American Heritage Dictionary defines assassination thusly: "To murder (a prominent person) by surprise attack, as for political reasons." No qualifications about Wartime or Peacetime. But I guess 'assassinate' sound too dignified for your tastes, as if a Human Being was killed instead of a terrorist animal.