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[–] jeffw@lemmy.world 29 points 1 month ago (1 children)

tfw Lemmy's other top news junkie beats you to the post

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[–] anas@lemmy.world 28 points 1 month ago (5 children)

It took them nine months to finally target a “Hamas leader”, and they assassinate a political, not military, leader after butchering every single family member of his beforehand.

Inna lillahi wa inna ilayhi raji'un.

[–] I_Has_A_Hat@lemmy.world 16 points 1 month ago

There have been several leaders killed over the past months.

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[–] YeetPics@mander.xyz 27 points 1 month ago

I love the idea that half the people in this thread don't understand that 2 things can be bad at once.

You don't have to fellate Hamas to see Israel is genociding.

Also, dismissing Hamas as lame terrorists doesn't mean one is a "Zionist" or whatever the ascribed insult is this week.

[–] filister@lemmy.world 22 points 1 month ago

So they killed one of the negotiators, and who is considered moderate and more diplomatic.

I wonder how the relatives of the hostages still held in Gaza feel about it. Israel is doing everything possible to hijack the ceasefire negotiations process.

[–] Murvel@lemm.ee 18 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] MyEdgyAlt@sh.itjust.works 27 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

BBC is calling him a key figure in ceasefire negotiations:

https://www.bbc.com/news/live/c4ng7g74xppt?post=asset%3A702473f5-3053-4c5d-bec9-c92763876f83#post

So Hamas or not, interesting choice of target by the genocidal apartheid state.

Edit: and Al Jazeera says:

Turkish politicians view Haniyeh as a dedicated figure who has tirelessly worked to broker a ceasefire, frequently travelling between Doha and Istanbul.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/7/31/israels-war-on-gaza-live-israel-hits-beirut-in-assassination-operation?update=3084114

[–] pickman_model@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 month ago

Looks to me like a natural choice: the visible head of Hamas, which is the enemy. I don't think Israel is interested in peace negotiations, so it is also a way to say they don't care and they will wipe out everyone there. Which is in line with everything else Bibi & company have been saying and doing.

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[–] SatansMaggotyCumFart@lemmy.world 14 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Israel isn’t taking credit for that?

[–] ArbitraryValue@sh.itjust.works 25 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (5 children)

An Israeli military spokesman did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Israel often doesn’t when it comes to assassinations carried out by their Mossad intelligence agency.

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[–] mlg@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I wonder what level of security these people follow, considering they know Israel could kill them at any time.

It seems almost ridiculous that Iran can't prevent precision air strikes within its own borders.

Also wasn't this the dude responsible for leading the ceasefire negotiations bruh

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[–] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 month ago

Interesting. It almost reads like a PR statement, restrained, not too inflammatory, like someone threw him under the bus.

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