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Hamas political leader Ismail Haniyeh has been killed in the Iranian capital Tehran, according to Iran’s Revolutionary Guards Corps and Hamas on Wednesday.
- coyotino [he/him] ( @theangriestbird@beehaw.org ) English10•2 months ago
It may also dash any remaining hopes of a ceasefire and hostage deal in Gaza being reached in the near future, amid a catastrophic humanitarian crisis in the enclave. Haniyeh had played a leading role representing Hamas in months-long truce negotiations, which have repeatedly appeared to reach the cusp of a breakthrough, only to collapse at the last moment.
sweet. Everyone across the globe wants Israel to agree to a ceasefire and stop this bloodbath, and Israel said “nah” and killed Hamas’ ceasefire guy.
- t3rmit3 ( @t3rmit3@beehaw.org ) 8•2 months ago
And they didn’t just do a car bomb or something, they did an airstrike inside Tehran. Generally an airstrike inside another country’s capital city is considered “inflammatory”.
So yes, Netanyahu definitely wants a regional war to stay in power longer, and probably to try to force the US’s hand to participate on their side.
oh thank god
- some_guy ( @some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org ) 4•2 months ago
Just because my government leaders dislike Iran, Israel gets to attack their capital. We apparently have sanctions against roughly a third of countries. I wish they’d be applied to Israel. But because of evangelicals, Israel is a protected special class of country unlike any other and they can do no wrong. I hate a large swath of my fellow Americans.