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  • 31 July

    Hamas’ top political leader is killed in Iran in strike that risks triggering all-out regional war

    Hamas’ top political leader was killed Wednesday by a predawn airstrike in the Iranian capital, Iran and the militant group said, blaming Israel for a shock assassination that risked escalating into an all-out regional war. Iran’s supreme leader vowed revenge against Israel. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel “will …

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  • 31 July

    Hamas political chief Ismail Haniyeh killed in Tehran: IRGC

    Iran’s Revolutionary Guard said Hamas political chief Ismail Haniyeh and one bodyguard were killed in Tehran on Wednesday. Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said Wednesday that the chief of the Palestinian group Hamas, Ismail Haniyeh, was killed in Tehran along with one of his bodyguards. “The residence of Ismail Haniyeh, head of …

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  • 31 July

    Who is Fuad Shukr, the Hezbollah figure targeted by Israeli airstrike in Beirut?

    Shukr reportedly serves on Hezbollah’s highest military body, the Jihad Council, and has been involved in assisting Hezbollah fighters and pro-Assad forces On Tuesday night, Israeli warplanes launched an airstrike on the southern suburb of Beirut, near Bahman Hospital in Harat Hreik, killing at least two. The strike appeared to …

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  • 31 July

    Five Takeaways From Israel’s Assassination Of Hamas’ Political Leader In Tehran

    Haniyeh’s assassination is a watershed event in the latest Israeli-Hamas War, which is now a regional Israeli-Iranian proxy war, since it greatly spikes the risk of everything spiraling into “mutually assured destruction”. Hamas’ political leader Ismail Haniyeh was assassinated by Israel early Wednesday morning in the heart of the Iranian …

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  • 31 July

    Iran Update, July 29, 2024

    The Israeli Security Cabinet approved an Israeli military response against Lebanese Hezbollah on July 28. The Israeli Security Cabinet authorized Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Yoav Gallant to determine the “manner and timing” of Israel’s retaliation for the July 27 rocket attack on Majdal Shams in the …

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  • 31 July

    Did Westerners, Ukrainians, And Islamists Help Tuareg Rebels Ambush Wagner In Mali?

    The Tuareg Conflict is on pace to become another proxy war between Russia and the West. Speculation is swirling in the days after Tuareg rebels ambushed Wagner in Mali, which readers can learn more about here and here, to suggest that they had the support of Westerners, Ukrainians, and Islamists. …

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  • 31 July

    Turkey’s President Threatens Military Action Against Israel

    Latest Developments Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan threatened military action against Israel on July 28, a day after 12 children in the Golan Heights town of Majdal Shams were killed by a rocket launched by the Iran-backed Lebanese terrorist group Hezbollah — which Erdogan supports — as they played soccer. …

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