Hamas political leader Ismail Haniyeh has been killed in the Iranian capital Tehran, according to Iran’s Revolutionary Guards Corps and Hamas on Wednesday.
oh thank god
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.
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.
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.
