Israeli officials had alleged that Sinwar was the “mastermind” of the October 7 “Al-Aqsa Flood” operation and had vowed to eliminate the leader, labeling him a “dead man walking”.
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian claimed that the US and its allies lied about a ceasefire in Gaza in exchange for Iran not responding to Israel’s assassination of Ismail Haniyeh.
Israel intensifies its assassinations of top leaders in the region while Iran remains determined to retaliate for the killing of Haniyeh
Choosing Yahya Sinwar as Hamas’s leader is seen as a significant escalation towards a potential regional war, amidst the one-week wait for Iran’s and Hezbollah’s promised retaliatory attacks on Israel
Last week Israel assassinated Hamas’ political chief Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran when he was visiting to attend the swearing-in of the newly elected president Masoud Pezeshkian
Israel has not stopped its massacres across the region despite being on “high alert” after Iran’s and Hezbollah’s threats to avenge the assassinations of top leaders of the Axis of Resistance.
Haniyeh’s assassination marks second major regional escalation by Israel hours after its airstrike on Beirut
During his latest visit to the region, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken sought to blame Hamas for the stalemate in ceasefire discussions
Israel continues to carry out targeted assassinations against non-combatants, this time murdering three sons and four grandchildren of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh
The Biden administration’s doublespeak scatters the strategic ambiguity that shrouded its stance so far. What stands out is a bizarre neocon project to force regime change in Gaza through coercion and install a pliant regime, midway to the US’ own idea of a “two-state solution”
Israeli forces fired rubber bullets, stun grenades, and tear gas on the worshipers leading to at least 31 Palestinians getting injured, two of them critically. Journalists and paramedics were also injured
69 Jordanian and Palestinian citizens accused of being members of Hamas were sentenced to prison by a court in Saudi Arabia. Hamas has claimed that the verdict is a result of warming relations between Saudi Arabia and Israel