Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh assassinated in Iran

Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh has been killed by an air strike in the Iranian capital, Iran and the militant group say, blaming Israel for a shock assassination that risks escalating the regional conflict on multiple fronts.
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ICC prosecutor seeks arrest of Netanyahu, Hamas leaders

The chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court is seeking arrest warrants for Israeli and Hamas leaders, including Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, in connection with their actions during the seven-month war. Read more

Hamas’s Haniyeh calls for terror attacks during Ramadan

Ismail Haniyeh, the Doha-based leader of Hamas’s “political” wing, on Wednesday, urged the Iran-led “Axis of Resistance” to step up attacks on Israel during Ramadan, calling for a “broad and international movement to break the siege on Al-Aqsa mosque” in Jerusalem. Read more

Gaza talks halted over ‘delusional’ demands: Netanyahu

Israel sent negotiators for truce talks in Cairo as requested by US President Joe Biden but they did not go back for further talks because Hamas’ demands are “delusional,” Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says. Read more

Israeli hospital cares for Hamas chief’s grandniece

Even as Hamas holds 136 Israelis hostage in unspeakable conditions, a close relative of the terrorist group’s leader, Ismail Haniyeh, is receiving life-saving medical care at Beersheva’s Soroka Medical Centre. Read more

South African Jews—a community under threat? 

Jews have been an integral part of the fabric of society in South Africa since the seventeenth century when some arrived with the early Dutch settlers…writes Rolene Marks. Read more

The Taliban’s Palestinian partners: Implications for the Middle East peace process

The Taliban’s reconquest of Afghanistan, followed by the ISIS-K bombing that killed 13 U.S. military personnel and scores of civilians, underscores the far-reaching implications of the U.S. withdrawal from the country. The mujahideen’s takeover of Kabul, following a 20-year U.S. counter-terror campaign against Al-Qaeda and other jihadi groups in Afghanistan, has reenergized the global jihad’s slow and determined war against the West…write…Dan Diker and Khaled Abu Toameh. Read more

Hamas leader: ‘Foolish act’ by Israel could lead to war

Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh said the terror organization based in the Gaza Strip maintains “a strategic relationship” with Iran, Hezbollah and “many [others] in the region,” and therefore, any “foolish act” by Israel could lead to a regional war. Read more

Report: Hamas leader’s niece receiving medical treatment in Tel Aviv hospital

The niece of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh has reportedly been receiving treatment at Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Centre, Ichilov Hospital for more than a month, according to a report by Channel 12 on Thursday. Read more

How will we know who won the war?

Maybe one day, we will discover that the impetus for Hamas’s latest onslaught against Israel wasn’t the pending Israeli Supreme Court decision about whether or not to respect the property rights of Jewish landlords in Jerusalem’s Sheikh Jarrah neighbourhood.

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