General Mithridates is not available for comment

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"In 1997 two Israeli agents were arrested after injecting poison into the ear of the Hamas leader Khaled Mashal in Amman. Israel was forced to deliver an antidote and release Hamas prisoners, including Sheikh Ahmed Yassin, to secure the release of its agents."

What's next? Another exploding cellphone? Umbrella stabby biowarfare? POISON DONUTS?