The Hamas leader's death in Iran appears to be Israel's way of fulfilling its promise of revenge, says Lieutenant Colonel Anders Ekholm. They made that promise already the day after October 7: you are "dead men walking", we will take you all down. But he does not believe that Ismail Haniya was Israel's most sought-after target.
WorldHamas leader Ismail Haniya, who is reported to have been killed in Iran's capital Tehran on Wednesday, has been the terrorist-stamped group's political leader and one of its front figures for many years.
WorldThe negotiations about a ceasefire in the Gaza War are dragging on as the parties weigh their words on a gold scale. After several weeks where both Israel and Hamas have given contradictory statements, a comprehensive agreement is said to be near.
ConflictsAs Hamas's top leader in the Gaza Strip, Yahya Sinwar is constantly hunted, always hidden, and no longer makes public statements. But in secret messages that have now leaked out, he sounds cynically optimistic. "We have the Israelis right where we want them," he writes to the movement's arms negotiators.
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