Israel wants press away from investigation involving Israeli nationals forging identities and killing Hamas leader

Press TV- Israel has called on the United Arab Emirates to stop releasing images of those involved in the killing of a leading Hamas leader in Dubai earlier this year.

In a move bolstering suspicions of Israeli involvement in the assassination of senior Hamas official Mahmoud al-Mabhouh in January, Dubai's police Chief Dahi Khalfan Tamim said on Thursday that Tel Aviv had asked the UAE to stop releasing the details of the killing.

...The police chief also confirmed that there was not a single body or country that expressed a desire to keep the details of the investigation in the dark.

Dubai police, which have released images of nearly 30 suspects believed to be involved in the killing of the top Hamas commander, have repeatedly said that Tel Aviv was behind the killing.

Mabhouh was found dead in his hotel room on January 19. Dubai police said the murder was carried out by a hit squad of at least 11 people using stolen identities, and in many cases forged British, Irish, French, German and Australian passports.

More than half of the people identified as responsible for the killing share the names of foreign-born Israeli nationals.

Israel has reportedly acknowledged that its secret service, Mossad, was behind the assassination of the senior Hamas commander in Dubai. Read more