Israeli PM Bibi unveils his elections war-room

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Some people react to their friends losing with magnanimity.

And some politicians start election campaigns with appeals to statesmanship.

Binyamin 'Bibi' Netanyahu has done neither.

Stung by the fact that 'his man' didn't make it to the White House, and facing elections in January, the Israeli Prime Minister took the easy route, if you can call it that.

He started a war.

The intent was made very clear in the opening gambit.

The Israeli Defence Force (IDF) -- which has morbidly been live-tweeting its bombing of an occupied community -- proudly announced the assassination of Ahmed Al-Jaabari.

Head of Hamas' military wing as he was, Al-Jaabari was also the chief negotiator with Israel over Gaza militancy.

This was the man who had helped ensure, in the aftermath of Operation Cast Lead four years ago, that militants cut down on the number of rockets being launched from Gaza.

Reports have even suggested that the 'surgical strike' -- a bomb that ended up killing both the Hamas leader and his son -- had been administered only hours after the Palestinian had been sent a draft of a permanent truce with Israel.

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