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Hamas leader’s assassination a humiliation for Iran, gives Israel’s Netanyahu a boost
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Palestinians shout slogans during a protest in the streets of the Israeli-occupied West Bank city of Ramallah.
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LONDON – The assassination of Ismail Haniyeh, the political leader of radical Palestinian organisation Hamas, not only diminishes the prospects for a ceasefire in the current Gaza war, but also heightens the dangers of a much wider Middle East conflict.
Although it has not admitted responsibility for the assassination, it is believed that Israel was behind a single, very precise missile strike that killed Haniyeh during the early hours of July 31, while he was on a visit to the Iranian capital of Tehran.
