Fears of retaliation and escalation grow after Hamas political leader Ismail Haniyeh's assassination
2024-08-02 09:16:09 source：CGTN
August 1, 2024
Fears of retaliation and the escalation of the Israel-Hamas conflict in Gaza into a broader Middle East war grew as Hamas Political Bureau Chairman Ismail Haniyeh was assassinated in Tehran on Wednesday morning.
Haniyeh, normally based in Qatar, had been participating in internationally brokered indirect talks aimed at reaching a ceasefire in the Palestinian enclave.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu made no mention of Haniyeh's killing in a televised statement on Wednesday evening but stated that Israel would respond with overwhelming force to any counter-attacks following the killings of Haniyeh and Fouad Shokor, a top military commander of Hezbollah in Beirut.
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