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Meaning of "targeted killings"

Targeted killings refer to the intentional and specific assassination of individuals or groups considered a threat or enemy by a government or organization. These killings are often conducted covertly and are aimed at eliminating threats, enforcing political control, or advancing national security objectives. Targeted killings have been the subject of ethical and legal debates, as they raise questions about human rights, international law, and the use of force
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It failed to hold that targeted killings were unlawful.
Targeted killings and attacks were routinely reported.
Several witnesses reported cases of targeted killings.
Targeted killings and the killing of civilians.
Barghouti should have been on a list of targeted killings.
Targeted killings occurred almost daily.
India has been the theater of targeted killings of journalists.
Targeted killings using unmanned aerial vehicles drones.
Militia groups also carried out targeted killings.
The individual targeted killings soon converted to massacres.
I believe we are all of one mind as regards condemnation of targeted killings.
Our targeted killings are exactly that.
Drones strikes are used for targeted killings by several countries.
Targeted killings and accountability.
One example concerns the targeted killings of alleged terrorists.

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Targeted killings by unidentified individuals.
That means drones and targeted killings are not going away.
Targeted killings as a method of repression.
The most frequent police tactic has been targeted killings.
Others detailed targeted killings including the shooting of children.
Most of these were not accidental deaths but targeted killings.
The targeted killings of police officers across the country.
States are required to provide the legal basis for targeted killings.
Targeted killings are ongoing.
Israeli targeted killings.
Israel is certainly not the only nation to engage in targeted killings.
Daily disappearances and targeted killings are nothing out of the ordinary here.
Targeted killings also force terrorists to spend more time protecting themselves.
Proponents of the strategy argue that targeted killings are within the rules of war.
Targeted killings and attacks by government forces and armed opposition groups escalated.
Assailants have also carried out targeted killings of opposition leaders and activists.
Israel has a policy that it never confirms or denies its participation in targeted killings.
The responsibility for targeted killings is increasingly a matter of attribution by one side or another.
A ruling from the highest court allows for the continuation of targeted killings.
Targeted killings posed a significant and rapidly growing challenge to the international rule of law.
The politics of business as usual will not end a deliberate policy of targeted killings.
The practice of targeted killings has been on the rise during the period under review.
Teachers and medical personnel are often threatened or become victims of targeted killings and abductions.
Israel has conducted a series of targeted killings of alleged militants and other security operations.
Israel also practices deliberate ambiguity over the issue of targeted killings and airstrikes.
Suicide bombs and targeted killings do not achieve the objectives of ending terrorism and occupation.
Numerous testimonies heard by the Commission affirm the reality of targeted killings.
Government forces had perpetrated outrageous targeted killings of civilians and attacks against medical facilities.
Targeted killings of civilians continued in Mogadishu.
Merkel pressured over targeted killings in Afghanistan.
The targeted killings or assassinations of militants by IDF have been discontinued.
The result was a string of targeted killings on the part of Israel.
Several targeted killings were committed by Israeli forces of militants of the Hamas group.
He has approved at least four targeted killings of Islamists abroad.
The wave of targeted killings comes amid a spike in overall violence in El Salvador.

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