07/31/2024

Killing of Hamas Chief Stirs Fears of Retaliation

Israel declines comment, warns of forceful response to any reprisal attack

<p">On Wednesday morning, Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh was assassinated in the Iranian capital Tehran, an attack that drew threats of revenge on Israel and fueled further concern that the conflict in Gaza was turning into a wider Middle East war.

The Palestinian Islamist militant group and Iran's Revolutionary Guards confirmed Haniyeh's death. The Guards said it took place hours after he attended a swearing-in ceremony for Iran's new president.

Although the strike on Haniyeh was widely assumed to have been carried out by Israel, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government made no claim of responsibility and said it would make no comment on the killing.

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