August, 2024

• 2 August

  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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• 2 August

  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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• 2 August

  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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• 2 August

  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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• 2 August

  Iran Calls for ‘Immediate Action’ Against Israel Over Strike on Hezbollah

  

  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 …

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• 2 August

  Life of defiance: Ismail Haniyeh, Hamas political boss, killed

  

  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 …

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• 2 August

  Hamas political chief Ismail Haniyeh assassinated in Iran

  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 …

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• 2 August

  How BBC Open Source Journalists Investigate, Analyze, and Verify Information from Gaza

  

  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.

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• 2 August

  After Eliminating Ismail Haniyeh, Israel’s Hunt for Hamas Leaders Continues

  

  Latest Developments The strike in Tehran on July 31 that killed Ismail Haniyeh, Hamas’s most senior political leader, brings to four the number of Hamas’s top leaders eliminated since the October 7 atrocities in southern Israel. Prior to the killing of Haniyeh — who was in Tehran for the inauguration …

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• 2 August

  Turkey Threatens to Invade Israel

  

  Speaking to members of his governing party on July 28, 2024, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey threatened to invade Israel. Erdogan’s inflammatory rhetoric suggests Ankara may pursue a more escalatory posture in the developing conflict between Israel and Lebanon’s Hezbollah. At a party conference in his hometown Rize, Erdogan …

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