Middle Orient

La véritable raison pour laquelle Israël assassine des dirigeants du Hamas et du Hezbollah, et pourquoi cela n’arrêtera pas la résistance

L’assassinat par Israël de dirigeants du Hamas et du Hezbollah ne vise pas à affaiblir la résistance. Son véritable objectif est de restaurer l’image de sa supériorité militaire et de ses services de renseignement aux yeux de l’opinion israélienne. Dans la nuit du 30 juillet, Israël a intensifié ses opérations …

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Hezbollah

Hezbollah is an Iranian-sponsored, internationally sanctioned terrorist group with an anti-Israel and anti-U.S. agenda. Hezbollah is primarily based in Lebanon, but has carried out terrorist and criminal operations around the world. HezbollahDownload

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Iran Update, July 31, 2024

Israel killed Hamas Political Bureau Chairman Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran on July 30. Israeli agents appeared to have launched an explosively laden drone or missile from inside Iran to target Haniyeh, who was visiting for the inauguration of Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian. Haniyeh was staying at a facility with the …

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Iran Update, July 30, 2024

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) likely killed a senior Lebanese Hezbollah commander in southern Beirut on July 30. The IDF Air Force targeted Fuad Shukr in response to a Hezbollah rocket attack that killed 12 Israeli children in the Israel-controlled Golan Heights on July 27.[1] The IDF claimed that the …

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Spotlight on Iran

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 …

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Killing Haniyeh gives Sinwar more freedom to operate in Gaza, Israeli expert says

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, …

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IDF confirms it killed Mohammed Deif in Khan Yunis attack

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 …

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Did the US play a role in Haniyeh’s assassination and how did it respond?

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 …

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Netanyahu’s speech to Haniyeh’s murder: Seven days that brought the Middle East closer to all-out war

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 …

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Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh killed while visiting Iran

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 …

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