 The Israeli Air Force and Shin Bet conducted a targeted precision air strike on 14 November 2012, a part of Operation Pillar of Defense, killing Jabari while he was travelling in a car.The decision to liquidate him, according to Haaretz analyst, Reuven Pedatzur, arose from a decision by Israeli military to attack Hamas rather than seek a ceasefire.Jabari was the highest-level Hamas official killed in Gaza since the 2008 Gaza War.