Boaz Ganor is Founder and Executive Director of the International Institute for Counter-Terrorism (ICT), and Ronald S. Lauder Chair for Counter-Terrorism at Reichman University in Israel.  Liram Koblentz-Stenzler is a senior researcher and head of the Global Far-Right Extremism Desk at the International Institute for Counter Terrorism (ICT) at Reichman University, Israel.

• Chapter 1. Overview - The use of targeted killing within Israel’s counter-terrorism policy over the years, its goals, characteristics and evolution in Israel.- Chapter 2. Potential Cost of Targeted Killing as a Counter-terrorism Strategy - Does Targeted Killing Trigger a Retaliatory "Boomerang Attack".-Chapter 3.The death penalty – can a government act as a judge and an executioner?.- Chapter 4. The intelligence component of targeted killing – how does one prevent lethal mistakes?.- Chapter 5. The distinction principle of targeted killing – does a targeted killing of a terrorist means a deliberate hit on a combatant or a civilian?.- Chapter 6. The proportionality principle of targeted killing – Is a targeted killing really targeted?.- Chapter 7. The identity of the target – is there a justification to hit the political level of a terrorist organization or just its operational level?.- Chapter 8. Summary, Conclusions and Recommendations.

Boaz Ganor is Founder and Executive Director of the International Institute for Counter-Terrorism (ICT), and Ronald S. Lauder Chair for Counter-Terrorism at Reichman University in Israel.  Liram Koblentz-Stenzler is a senior researcher and head of the Global Far-Right Extremism Desk at the International Institute for Counter Terrorism (ICT) at Reichman University, Israel.

• Chapter 1. Overview - The use of targeted killing within Israel’s counter-terrorism policy over the years, its goals, characteristics and evolution in Israel.- Chapter 2. Potential Cost of Targeted Killing as a Counter-terrorism Strategy - Does Targeted Killing Trigger a Retaliatory "Boomerang Attack".-Chapter 3.The death penalty – can a government act as a judge and an executioner?.- Chapter 4. The intelligence component of targeted killing – how does one prevent lethal mistakes?.- Chapter 5. The distinction principle of targeted killing – does a targeted killing of a terrorist means a deliberate hit on a combatant or a civilian?.- Chapter 6. The proportionality principle of targeted killing – Is a targeted killing really targeted?.- Chapter 7. The identity of the target – is there a justification to hit the political level of a terrorist organization or just its operational level?.- Chapter 8. Summary, Conclusions and Recommendations.