Hamas “will take revenge by targeting Israelis abroad”. Fear and risk of escalation –

The Middle East is a powder keg. The harsh response has been awaited for weeks now. Hamas wants to avenge the assassination of political leader Ismail Haniye by targeting Israeli citizens abroad, as Palestinian sources revealed to Channel 12. The decision was taken two days after the assassination in Tehran, attributed to Israel but never claimed, by the political office of the Islamist political and paramilitary organization. The identity of the Israelis who could become targets, tourists or high-ranking officials, has not been further specified. However, it could be a dramatic turning point.

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Ready to attack the Houthis too. Revenge “will come and it will be painful”, the leader of the pro-Iranian Yemeni group, Abdul Malik al Houthi, said in a speech broadcast on the channel «Al Masirah TV», specifying that “planning is one of the reasons for the delay” of the retaliation. According to the leader of the Yemeni group, Israel, in the meantime, is in a state of “extreme fear and anguish”. While Shukr was killed last July 30 in a raid in the southern suburbs of Beirut, in Lebanon, Haniyeh was eliminated in Tehran on July 31, a few hours after the inauguration ceremony of Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian.

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF), meanwhile, have struck more than 30 targets in the Gaza Strip in the past 24 hours and killed dozens of suspected militants. The IDF reported in a statement, specifying that the targets hit by the Air Force include facilities attributed to the Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas, weapons depots and rocket launching sites in Khan Yunis, in southern Gaza. In addition, in Khan Yunis and on the outskirts of Deir el Balah, the IDF’s 98th Division killed dozens of suspected militants and destroyed dozens of sites attributed to Islamist groups.