Since Tuesday evening until early Wednesday, the Middle East witnessed two assassinations, including of senior Hezbollah commander Fuad Shukr in an Israeli strike on a southern suburb of Beirut and Hamas political bureau chief Ismail Haniyeh in the Iranian capital, Tehran. The Palestinian resistance group Hamas announced early Wednesday that Haniyeh was killed in an Israeli airstrike targeting his residence in Tehran. The Israeli army also claimed Tuesday that it killed key Hezbollah commander Fuad Shukr in a drone strike. The fate of the Hezbollah leader remains shrouded in mystery following the assassination attempt late Tuesday. The assassinations come amid an ongoing Israeli offensive on the Gaza Strip for more than nine months, along with an escalation involving Hezbollah on the southern Lebanese border with the Israeli army.

Source: The Nation July 31, 2024 23:32 UTC