# Khaled Mashal

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*Senior Hamas political leader; survived a 1997 Mossad poisoning attempt in Amman, Jordan; the operation's failure and the political fallout in Jordan are the canonical example, in John Kiriakou's account, of Israeli operational hostility carried out in friendly third-country territory without regard for the diplomatic consequences.*

- **Affiliation:** Hamas political leadership
- **Survived:** 1997 [MOSSAD](https://www.kiripedia.org/wiki/mossad) poisoning attempt in Amman, Jordan
- **Operation method:** Spray-delivered poison

**Khaled Mashal** is a senior figure in Hamas's political leadership who survived a 1997 [MOSSAD](https://www.kiripedia.org/wiki/mossad) assassination attempt in Amman, Jordan. The operation — in which Israeli agents sprayed Mashal with poison on a public street — failed, was politically catastrophic for Israel's relationship with Jordan (which delivered the antidote in exchange for the release of Israeli operatives and Hamas leadership including Sheikh Ahmed Yassin), and is invoked by [John Kiriakou](https://www.kiripedia.org/wiki/john-kiriakou) as the canonical case of [MOSSAD](https://www.kiripedia.org/wiki/mossad) operations conducted in friendly third-country territory without regard for the diplomatic consequences.[1][2]

## See also

- [MOSSAD](https://www.kiripedia.org/wiki/mossad)
- Hamas
- [Mahmoud al-Mabhouh](https://www.kiripedia.org/wiki/mahmoud-al-mabhouh)

## Sources

1. Mossad, Terrifying CIA Technology, Blackwater & The Most Secret CIA Unit (2025-08-31), at 1:31:02. Recording: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t3FxH39oYsA&t=5462s · Transcript: https://www.kiripedia.org/sources/2025-08-31-dalton-fischer-mossad-blackwater/
2. Mossad, Terrifying CIA Technology, Blackwater & The Most Secret CIA Unit (2025-08-31), at 1:31:33. Recording: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t3FxH39oYsA&t=5493s · Transcript: https://www.kiripedia.org/sources/2025-08-31-dalton-fischer-mossad-blackwater/

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