Ismail Haniyeh

Hamas says it has chosen Yahya Sinwar, its top official in Gaza, as the new leader of its political bureau. The decision follows Ismail Haniyeh’s assassination in Tehran on July…

US President Joe Biden held crisis talks with his national security team on Monday as fears grew that an Iranian counterattack on Israel could spark an all-out war in the…

France and Italy on Sunday urged their citizens in Lebanon to leave the country due to the risk of military escalation in the Middle East, their foreign ministries said. Tensions…

The US military will deploy additional fighter jets and Navy warships to the Middle East, the Pentagon said on Friday (Aug 2), as Washington seeks to bolster defences following threats…

The funeral for assassinated Hamas political chief Ismail Haniyeh took place in the Qatari capital, Doha. His body was returned from Tehran where he was killed in what Hamas says…

Israel’s military has said that one of the reported masterminds of the October 7 attacks, Hamas’ military chief Mohammed Deif, was killed in a strike it carried out in southern…

Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has led funeral prayers at a memorial event for Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran. In the capital’s city center, thousands of mourners with…

UN Security Council members on Wednesday condemned the assassination of Hamas political chief Ismail Haniyeh in the Iranian capital Tehran, while permanent representatives the US and UK blamed Iran for…

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has said the United States “was not aware of or involved in” the killing of Hamas political leader Ismail Haniyeh, which has escalated already…

Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh was assassinated in the early hours of the morning in Iran, the Palestinian resistance group Hamas said on Wednesday, describing the strike as a “severe escalation”…