A Hamas official rejected news reports in the Western media that Hamas’s top political leader Ismail Haniyeh was killed by a planted device that was smuggled into his room in Tehran a few months earlier and claimed that he was instead killed by an “airborne projectile.”
Unlike the last time Israel escalated war with Iran—when it bombed an Iranian consulate in Syria—Tehran has reportedly rejected calls from the U.S. and regional countries to “temper” its response to Tel Aviv’s recent assassination campaign that claimed the life of Hamas’s top political official in Tehran, according to a report.
The death toll in Gaza reached 39,363 on Monday with over 90,000 injured throughout the enclave. Tens of thousands are believed to be trapped under the rubble.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu knows he runs the U.S. government no matter which party is in power, but the increased likelihood of a Donald Trump presidency has leaders even less interested in a ceasefire deal with Hamas than before—with Bullshit Biden.
Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu once again humiliated President Joe Biden when the U.S. president said Israel agreed to a ceasefire, only to have the Israelis dismiss the agreement and once again tack on new details that were called untenable.
U.S. Secretary of State Anthony Blinken told an audience at the Brookings Institution on Monday that there is “momentum” building up for an all-out war between Hezbollah and Israel, according to a report.
Tens of thousands of Israelis held rallies across the country on Saturday demanding that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his War Cabinet agree to a deal with Hamas that would free up the remaining hostages in exchange for a ceasefire.
The leader of Hamas who lost 60 family members to Israeli forces—including a blast last week that killed 10 relatives—said he will not agree to a ceasefire unless it means a permanent end to the fighting.
As Israeli forces crack down on the Palestinian West Bank population and top government officials openly talk about annexing the entire territory, support for Hamas has surged in recent weeks, according to a new poll.
Bezalel Smotrich, the extremist Israeli settler and country’s finance minister, said in an audio that Israel is carrying out a “mega-dramatic” effort to prevent the West Bank from becoming a part of a Palestinian state and that will enable his country to seize authority over the entire region—in a scheme that will avoid international scrutiny.