Assassination of Ismail Haniyeh, whether in Qatar or Turkey, was technically feasible but was avoided for various reasons and calculations. It seems that Israel was waiting for his visit to Tehran to carry it out.
It is unlikely that the Israeli regime acted independently and without coordination or a green light from the United States.
The assassination of Ismail Haniyeh occurs ten months after the Gaza war, a decisive conflict in a very small and besieged strip that is still ongoing.
Despite the unprecedented destruction and killing, Israel has not been able to achieve its goals.
Haniyeh’s assassination was not the result of a complex security operation. He was a official guest at the inauguration ceremony of Iran’s new president, making it easy to track his movements.
However, it can be said that there were complex calculations behind this attack.
This assassination, whether in Qatar or Turkey, was technically feasible but was avoided for various reasons and calculations. It seems that Israel was waiting for his visit to Tehran to carry it out.
It is unlikely that the Israeli regime acted independently and without US coordination or approval.
The assassination of Haniyeh occurs ten months after the Gaza war, a decisive conflict in a very small and besieged strip that is still ongoing.
Despite the unprecedented destruction and killing, Israel has not been able to complete it and achieve its goals.
After this deadlock, the Israeli regime, alongside continuing the war, has focused on physically eliminating Hamas leaders and commanders in the past two months.
This is exactly what the US has been urging Israel to do since the beginning of this year: shift from intense airstrikes to concentrated and targeted attacks.
Some Israeli sources had already emphasized that the US had promised support for these focused and targeted attacks.
The attacks in Beirut and Tehran show that the scope of this cooperation extends not only to Gaza but to the entire region.
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There is no doubt that the loss of Haniyeh is a heavy blow to Hamas. However, the experience of assassinating Hamas’s founding leaders and key commanders over the past four decades shows that these incidents and assassinations have not affected the movement’s positions and policies and have not weakened it. Instead, they have often led to its expansion and strengthening in Palestine.
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In contrast, it can be said that the assassination of Haniyeh not only increases Hamas’s popularity in Palestine but can also reduce the human and psychological pressure of this dire situation in Gaza.
It can strengthen the internal front in this region, which Israel hoped to dismantle and incite against Hamas.
When the suffering residents of this area see that the top leaders of the ruling power are also martyred and wounded alongside them, it can make enduring this situation easier for them.
