Iranian officials plan to discuss with its allies, including Iraq, Lebanon and Yemen, the possibility of retaliation against Israel for the killing of Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh Thursday, according to Reuters.
It should be noted that Israel has not claimed responsibility for Haniyeh’s death, reported CNN. Still, the tension in the Middle East spurred by the Oct. 7 attack has only broadened the conflict to include other factional nations.
Haniyeh was reportedly assassinated in Tehran on Wednesday, along with Hezbollah’s senior commander Fuad Shukr, by an Israeli airstrike in Beirut.
Hamas, the Islamic Jihad, the Houthis, Hezbollah and Iraqi resistance groups plan to be in attendance at the meeting in Tehran, said Reuters’ undisclosed sources. Supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and senior officials of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards were also said to be attending.
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National File