Middle Orient

Iranian leaders condemned the attack in which the head of Hamas’ political bureau, Ismail Haniyeh, was killed in Tehran. Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei said that “the criminal and terrorist Zionist regime prepared the ground through this operation for a heavy punishment for it.”The Iranian Foreign Ministry condemned the killing …

Dr. Michael Milshtein said that with Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh dead, Yahya Sinwar, who was the real person that called the shots, now has more freedom to operate. Ismail Haniyeh was an important symbolic figure, but the one who actually made the important decisions was Yahya Sinwar, Dr. Michael Milshtein, …

The military said that only in recent hours it had received additional intelligence to confirm Deif’s death to a complete certainty. The IDF confirmed 100% that its July 13 airstrike targeting Hamas military leader Mohammed Deif succeeded in killing him, in an announcement on Thursday. The military said that only …

How did Washington react to Ismail Haniyeh’s assassination and how does this bode for its stated goal of regional de-escalation? The assassination of Hamas political leader Ismail Haniyeh on Wednesday has thrown further uncertainty over ceasefire negotiations between Hamas and Israel, with Haniyeh having long played a key role in …

Tensions escalate in the Middle East after an Israeli airstrike on Dahieh, targeting Hezbollah, kills civilians and brings about fears of broader conflict The Israeli assassination of Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh hours after targeting senior Hezbollah commander Fuad Shukr in Beirut caps a week of unprecedented escalation in the region …

While no party has claimed responsibility, the Gaza-based militant group immediately accused Israel of being behind the killing. Hamas’ top political leader Ismail Haniyeh has been killed in Tehran, the Palestinian faction said in a statement released early Wednesday morning. The residence where Haniyeh was staying in northern Tehran “was …

Iran’s envoy to the United Nations has issued a call for action against Israel over its recent strike against a leading Hezbollah military official amid worsening tit-for-tat attacks against the backdrop of the ongoing war in the Gaza Strip, according to a letter shared with Newsweek. The letter, sent by …

For many, Haniyeh will remain a symbol of resistance in the face of Israeli occupation. Hamas political chief Ismail Haniyeh has been assassinated in Tehran at the age of 62 in what the Palestinian group has described as “a treacherous Zionist raid on his residence”. Haniyeh, who briefly served as …

Ismail Haniyeh was killed in Tehran where he had been attending the president’s inauguration. Hamas’s political chief Ismail Haniyeh has been assassinated in Iran’s capital, Tehran, according to a statement from the group that runs the besieged and bombarded Gaza Strip, which blamed Israel for his killing. Haniyeh and one …

The news headlines that emerged after the October 7 attack — when Hamas and a coalition of other militant groups launched a coordinated armed incursion into Israel, killing 1,200 people and kidnapping hundreds — described it as a “surprise” attack.