The latest attack,along with the recent killing of Hamas’ leader,has brought an increased risk of escalation into a broader war in the Middle East.
US officers arrested the Pakistani national over an alleged murder-for-hire plot that aimed to carry out the killings on American soil.
Anthony Albanese decried the ambassador’s comments on Israel as hateful and antisemitic,while Foreign Minister Penny Wong labelled them repugnant.
Iran’s Revolutionary Guard has accused the US of supporting the attack that killed Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh and is urging retaliation as Middle East tensions grow.
As anger simmers over the assassination of Ismail Haniyeh,Israel,its allies and the wider region are bracing for possible Iranian retaliation.
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The assassins of a top Hamas leader snuck past Iran’s Revolutionary Guard months ago to plant the bomb that killed him.
Fuad Shukr’s killing was the most serious blow to Hezbollah in nearly two decades and threatened to push the fighting across Lebanon’s southern border into a full-blown conflict.
The new Iranian president had been in power for just 10 hours when a senior Hamas leader was killed on the country’s soil. The world has held its breath for retaliation since.
After the deaths of senior Hamas and Hezbollah leaders,it’s thought conflict in the region could heighten amid retaliatory strikes.
Hamas has blamed Israel for the attack which occurred while Haniyeh was in Tehran to attend the new Iranian president’s swearing-in ceremony.