Well, it's been suggested that if the culprit wasn't Mossad, the hit squad may have been hired--"mercenaries", for lack of a better word. The disguises and coordination were certainly fairly sophisticated, but as for electrocution and suffocation, all that takes is a stun gun and a pillow or a plastic bag (which in fact is one of the methods that's been suggested to explain how he died). Although there have also been reports that he was electrocuted using the wiring from one of the room's lamps. Until a detailed cause of death is known I guess we can't say for sure.
While I hear what you're saying--Mossad definitely has the motive and capability--I don't think there's enough evidence right now to support the claim that any other explanation is ludicrous. Because that basically means claiming that no-one else in the world has the motive and capability, which is far from certain at this point. I certainly wouldn't be surprised if it turns out to be Mossad but right now the evidence is circumstantial. I think a lot of people in the Arab world (and the world in general) are making the same assumption you are simply because so many people in the Arab world think that the sinister Zionist conspiracy is behind every bad thing that happens.
Yeah but most of them just get creamed by a Hellfire missile while they're sitting in their house/driving down the street in Gaza. The ones that happen in other countries do tend to attract more attention for obvious reasons, since they necessarily involve Israeli agents operating illegally in foreign states, which makes them automatic international incidents. Not just this one; others that happened outside Israel/Palestine (Mughniyah, and especially the Mashal attempt) have attracted similarly high levels of attention. The theatrical spy-novel aspects of this one, as with the Mashal attempt, increase international interest too.
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