(UPDATE) BEIRUT — The possibility of wider armed conflict in the Middle East increased Saturday as Iran and its allies prepared to avenge the assassination of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh.
BEIRUT — The possibility of wider armed conflict in the Middle East increased Saturday as Iran and its allies prepared to avenge the assassination of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh.This was blamed on Israel, stimulating fears of a regional war.
Israeli army flares light up the sky near the area bordering Lebanon on Aug. 3, 2024. AFP PHOTOThe killing this week of Haniyeh in Tehran, hours after the Israeli assassination of Hezbollah's military chief in Beirut, has triggered vows of vengeance from Iran and the so-called axis of resistance.Iran-backed groups from Lebanon, Yemen, Iraq and Syria have already been drawn into the nearly 10-month war between Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas in Gaza.
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