(GoRealNewsNow.com) –BREAKING NEWS: Sparking outrage among the terrorist group’s allies, fears of a new war in the Middle East are growing after a suspected Israeli airstrike killed a senior Hamas leader.
Iran, a strong supporter of Hamas, said it is “Tehran’s duty” to seek “revenge for Ismail Haniyeh’s blood” after he was assassinated in the capital.
While Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei vowed to enact a “harsh punishment,” Hamas also promised “dire consequences” for the strike that killed its political leader, responsible for negotiations outside of Gaza.
Moreover, Israel’s Mossad agents could have eliminated Haniyeh during his ceasefire talks in Qatar but waited until he was in Iran before striking.
The Hamas leader and one bodyguard were killed in a precision missile strike as they slept in a military veterans’ building in Tehran since Israel’s Shin Bet intelligence agency discovered exactly which room he was staying in.
A guided missile was then fired through his window, killing him and his aide instantly. The move was intended to limit political fallout but sparked vows of Iranian revenge within hours.
Hours before the strike, Haniyeh sat alongside other leaders from Iran’s “axis of resistance” – Hezbollah, the Houthis, and the Palestinian Islamic Jihad.
The terror group leaders, dressed in suits, were in the front row for the swearing-in of Iran’s new president, Masoud Pezeshkian.
Chants of “death to America” and “death to Israel” erupted from the crowd as a speaker mentioned the ongoing war between Israel and Hamas in Gaza.
As tensions in the Middle East are already high after almost ten months of brutal and bloody war in the Gaza Strip, analysts previously said that Iran’s network of proxy groups across the region is “primed and ready” to open a second front in the ongoing conflict.
In addition, Iranian-backed groups across the Middle East, including Hamas in Gaza, Hezbollah in Lebanon, and the Houthis in Yemen, have been exchanging fire with the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) in increasing numbers.
Just hours before Hamas leader Haniyeh was killed on Monday, Hezbollah’s most senior military commander, Fuad Shukr, was taken out by a “targeted” Israeli strike.
Iran warned that any military “adventures” by Israel in Lebanon could spark “unforeseen consequences,” while a Hezbollah official said the group would be ready to fight a war with Israel after the Beirut strike killed their top military chief.
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