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[Global Network Report] The news that Ismail Haniyeh, the leader of the Political Bureau of the Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas), was assassinated in Iran shocked the Middle East and the entire world. According to the New York Times on July 31, citing three Iranian officials familiar with the matter, Iran's Supreme Leader Khamenei has ordered a direct attack on Israel in retaliation for Haniyeh's assassination in Tehran.

The New York Times said that three anonymous Iranian officials, including two members of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, said that Khamenei issued the order at an emergency meeting of Iran's Supreme National Security Council on Wednesday morning (July 31).

On July 5, in Tehran, Iran's Supreme Leader Khamenei delivered a speech after voting in the Iranian presidential election. Source: US media

However, the above-mentioned US media said that it is not clear how strong Iran’s response will be, nor is it clear whether Iran will make adjustments again to avoid escalation of the situation.

According to CNN, at the UN Security Council meeting on Wednesday, Iran's permanent representative to the United Nations, Iravani, condemned the United States for being responsible for the assassination of Haniyeh, saying that the incident could not have happened without the authorization and intelligence support of the United States.

“The responsibility of the United States as Israel’s strategic ally and the main supporter of the Israeli regime in the region in this horrific crime cannot be ignored,” Iravani said. “This Israeli action also has a political purpose, which is to undermine the first day of the new government of the Islamic Republic of Iran, which has made strengthening peace and stability in the region and enhancing cooperation and constructive engagement with the international community its top priority.”

CNN also reported that earlier on Wednesday, US Deputy Permanent Representative to the United Nations Robert Wood said that "the United States is not aware of the death of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh and is not involved in it." He added that the United States "has no independent evidence to confirm Hamas's claim that Haniyeh is dead."

According to previous reports, Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard confirmed on July 31 that Ismail Haniyeh, the leader of the Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) Political Bureau, was assassinated in Tehran in the early hours of the same day. Haniyeh was considered the "number one figure" of Hamas. Regarding the incident, Hamas said that the assassination was carried out by Israel and was a "cowardly act." Israel refused to respond to this.

Further reading:

Hamas' top leader was killed in an attack in Tehran. Did Israel kill three birds with one stone?

Israel hopes that through Haniyeh's death, it can continue to destroy Hamas and at the same time deter Iran and Hezbollah in Lebanon!

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Ismail Haniyeh, the top leader of the Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas), was killed in an attack at his residence in Tehran.

According to Xinhua News Agency, it was the Israeli Air Force that attacked Haniya.

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In the video account "Haike" and the multi-platform "Haike Observation" video account, it has been mentioned that Israel is killing three birds with one stone. How exactly is it killing three birds with one stone?

In Hai Shu's opinion, Israel assassinated the top leader of Hamas in Tehran, the capital of Iran, when the new Iranian President Pezerhizzian took office. At the same time, the leader of Lebanon's Hezbollah, which was fighting Israel, was also in Tehran.

Israel hopes that through Haniyeh's death, it can continue to destroy Hamas and at the same time deter Iran and Hezbollah in Lebanon!

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Before Haniyeh was killed in the bombing in his residence, there were reports that in Rome, Italy, the Israeli Intelligence and Special Missions Agency (Mossad) held secret negotiations with negotiators from the United States, Qatar, and Egypt. Among them, Qatar and Egypt were of course the messengers for Hamas. But the negotiations ended in failure.

On July 29, Hamas and Israel accused each other.

Hamas said that the message delivered by the mediator showed that Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu had returned to the strategy of delay and evasion and put forward new conditions to hinder the reaching of an agreement.

The Israeli Prime Minister's Office responded that Israel did not change the original proposal, but it was the Hamas leadership that requested 29 amendments to the proposal. Hamas denied this.

Amid mutual accusations, Haniyeh was suddenly killed by an Israeli bomb.

Mossad chief David Barnea:

Recall what Mossad chief David Banea said earlier this year:

"We will eliminate them wherever they are... Every Arab mother should know that if her son participated directly or indirectly in the massacre of October 7, he will pay with blood."

If what Banea said is true, what else can Israel and Hamas talk about? Obviously, the reason why Israel and Hamas started to have indirect contact seven months later, that is, Egypt, Qatar and other countries acted as messengers, including the United States and some Arab countries as mediators, to negotiate with Hamas, is because the situation in the United States has changed.To put it more directly, the situation in the US presidential election has changed, forcing Israel to take some stance. However, to some extent, the Israeli Netanyahu administration does not want the US Biden model of supporting Israel to change. Once the contradiction emerges, some incidents will inevitably occur!

For example, when Harris met with Netanyahu, he warned Israel that it was time to think about how to end the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and ceasefire in Gaza. The question is, what does Netanyahu think in his heart? Is he seeking a ceasefire? This is very critical. If he does not seek a ceasefire in his heart, some unexpected situations will occur!

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Just before the Israeli airstrike on Haniyeh's residence in Tehran, something happened between Israel and Hezbollah in Lebanon. During the visit of Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu to the United States, a football field in the Israeli-occupied Syrian Golan Heights was attacked by rockets, killing more than a dozen children and sending dozens of others to hospital with injuries.

Netanyahu, who met with current US President Biden, former President and Republican presidential candidate Trump, and Vice President and Democratic presidential candidate Harris in the United States, and also delivered a speech to the US Congress, claimed that he would shorten his visit to the United States and return to Israel urgently, and convened a security cabinet meeting on July 28 local time.

Golan Heights football stadium bombed: CCTV News

In fact, before this security cabinet meeting, that is, before Netanyahu returned to Israel, Israel had already launched a counterattack against several Hezbollah positions in Lebanon.

Although Hezbollah in Lebanon issued a statement saying that it had nothing to do with the bombing of the football stadium in the Golan Heights, Israel did not agree with this.

Lebanon's Hezbollah also had to retaliate by firing rockets at IDF positions.

The back-and-forth attacks have caused some European airlines, including Air France, Transavia France, Aegean Airlines of Greece and Condor Airlines of Germany, to suspend flights to Beirut, the capital of Lebanon.

Western countries such as Britain, Germany, France and the United States have issued travel warnings to their citizens, calling on them to leave Lebanon or avoid traveling to Lebanon.

Israeli forces bombed a Hezbollah target in southern Beirut

This makes people feel that the situation seems not good. Is Israel planning to open up a new battlefield in the north and fight against Hezbollah in Lebanon while still fighting Hamas?

Although Israel had not completely stopped its air strikes on Hezbollah in Lebanon before the bombing of the Golan Heights football stadium, the current situation seems that Netanyahu is preparing to expand the exchange of fire with Hezbollah in Lebanon.

Is it possible for Israel to take the initiative to fight two local wars?

You know, even the United States once tested whether its military strength could cope with two local wars at the same time, but ultimately did not dare to play it for real.

Is Israel really so daring?

Anyway, an IDF spokesman said the army carried out a targeted strike in Beirut, targeting a "Hezbollah commander who caused heavy casualties among Israeli civilians."

An Israeli official claimed that the target of the Israeli airstrike was Haji Mohsen, a Hezbollah commander who is a senior adviser to Hezbollah leader Nasrallah. The Israeli army believed that Mohsen was the commander of Hezbollah's precision missile project several years ago and that he was responsible for the July 27 rocket attack on towns in the Israeli-occupied Syrian Golan Heights.

On July 2, Naim Qassem, deputy secretary general of Lebanon's Hezbollah, was interviewed by the Associated Press. Photo: Screenshot of the video of the Associated Press report quoted by Global Times

It is worth noting that when the Israeli airstrike killed the leader of Hamas, Naim Qassem, the deputy secretary-general of Lebanon's Hezbollah, had just completed his visit to Iran. This time, he went to attend the inauguration ceremony of the new Iranian President Pezerhziyan. He met with the new Iranian President in Tehran and also met with Iran's supreme leader Khamenei.

Isn't Israel trying to deter Hezbollah in Lebanon by bombing Haniyeh?

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Of course, Israel's ability to kill Hamas's top leader in Tehran through an air strike is even more of a deterrent to Iran's new president.

The US military once used a drone to kill Iranian Quds Force Major General Soleimani in Baghdad, the capital of Iraq. This time, the Israeli army is speaking with facts.

Why can’t the Israeli army bomb the Hamas leaders to death in Tehran?

Since the Israeli army can bomb the Hamas leader in Tehran, why can't they bomb the leaders of other organizations? Why can't they bomb the Iranian president?

This is a naked threat!

At present, Hamas' senior member Sami Abu Zuhri told the media on July 31 local time that Hamas would not be affected by the assassination of any of its leaders. He said, "Hamas is waging an open war to liberate Jerusalem and is ready to pay any price."

Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Kanani also issued a statement strongly condemning Israel's attack on the southern suburbs of Beirut, Lebanon. Kanani said Israel should bear responsibility for the attack. This act violated Lebanon's sovereignty and territorial integrity and seriously violated international law and the UN Charter.

Kanani stressed that Israel's actions will not stop the Lebanese resistance from continuing to support the Palestinian people. Kanani condemned Israel and the United States for escalating tensions and crises in the region.

In this case, how can we contain the new chaos in the Middle East?