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Killings of Israel's enemies raise escalation fears

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Nita Blake-Persen | Clifford Coonan
August 1, 2024

Hamas's top political leader, Ismail Haniyeh, was on killed Wednesday in a pre-dawn airstrike in Tehran. Israel has neither confirmed nor denied involvement. Haniyeh's death came just hours after Israel launched an airstrike that killed a top Hezbollah commander in Beirut.

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