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Assassination of Ismail Haniyeh ratchets up Middle East tensions

Iran has warned of "revenge" after Hamas's political leader was killed in Tehran

Hamas says its political leader Ismail Haniyeh has been killed in an Israeli attack in the Iranian capital, hours after a Hezbollah commander was blown up in an Israeli airstrike in Beirut. The twin assassinations risk escalating the conflict in the Middle East. Speaking tonight, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel was "prepared for any scenario".

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