Saturday, January 17, 2026

Hamas chief assassinated in Iran

(Al Jazeera Media Network) Hamas said its political chief Ismail Haniyeh was killed in “a treat Zionist raid on his residence in Tehran.”
Lebanon’s Health Ministry says three people, including two children, have been killed and 74 wounded in a strike the Israeli military described as a “targeted assassination operation” against a Hezbollah commander in southern Beirut.
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