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  • Funeral of Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh held in Tehran
    • Israel has not claimed responsibility for the assassination
    • Iranian officials to meet regional allies to discuss retaliation

DUBAI, Aug 1 (Reuters) - Top Iranian officials will meet the representatives of Iran's regional allies from Lebanon, Iraq and Yemen on Thursday to discuss potential retaliation against Israel after the killing of the Hamas leader in Tehran, five sources told Reuters.

The region faces a risk of widened conflict between Israel, Iran and its proxies after Ismail Haniyeh's assassination in Tehran on Wednesday and the killing of Hezbollah's senior commander on Tuesday in an Israeli strike on the outskirts of the Lebanese capital Beirut.

Representatives of Iran's Palestinian allies Hamas and the Islamic Jihad, as well as Yemen's Tehran-backed Houthi movement, Lebanon's Hezbollah and Iraqi resistance groups will attend the meeting in Tehran, said the sources, who declined to be named due to the sensitivity of the issue.

"Iran and the resistance members will conduct a thorough assessment after the meeting in Tehran to find the best and most effective way to retaliate against the Zionist regime (Israel)," said a senior Iranian official, with direct knowledge of the meeting. Another Iranian official said Supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and senior members of Iran's elite Revolutionary Guards will attend.

"How Iran and the resistance front will respond is currently being reviewed ... This will certainly happen and the Zionist regime (Israel) will undoubtedly regret it," General Mohammad Baqeri, Iran's armed forces chief of staff, told state TV on Thursday.

Iran and Hamas have accused Israel of carrying out the strike that killed Haniyeh hours after he attended the inauguration of Iran's new president in Tehran on Wednesday.

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[–] Gsus4@mander.xyz -1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

If one of the guys who ordered the Oct 7th escalation was the only hope for peace in Gaza...I'm not sure there is any point in negotiating with hamas. Isn't there any leader in Gaza outside hamas?

[–] NOT_RICK@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

There have been atrocities for decades perpetuated by both Palestinians and Israelis. Some people that have done absolutely heinous things will need to be involved in the peace process for it to actually work considering those people are the ones perpetuating the cycle. Look at what happened with the Good Friday agreement in Northern Ireland and Truth and Reconciliation in South Africa (this one is far more one sided but still applicable).

[–] Gsus4@mander.xyz 1 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

The Good Friday agreement would not have been posible if Ireland was 20km away from London and smuggling in help from hostile actors.

[–] NOT_RICK@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago (1 children)

The IRA was armed in part by Libya which was absolutely a hostile state in the UK’s eyes at the time. They almost killed Margaret Thatcher. They had many operatives in Great Britain, I don’t see how the Irish Sea significantly changes things considering there is a massive wall between Gaza and Israel that is easier to defend than thousands of miles of coastline.

[–] Gsus4@mander.xyz -2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I did not know that, but still, those weapons were not 20km away from London. This is not just fascists in Israel, even the moderates feel too threatened to oppose the fascist narrative.

[–] NOT_RICK@lemmy.world 5 points 3 months ago (1 children)

They bombed London during the troubles quite often, actually.

[–] Gsus4@mander.xyz -2 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

I quoted the 20km distance as the distance between Palestine's borders and major capitals in Israel, but yes, there were lots of bombings in Israel, but I guess they controlled that with the border walls and a police state...again...Ireland is easier to let go as a colony, not right on top of you.

Even if things never got as bloody as Palestine, everyone should still cherish the reasonableness in the Good Friday agreement.

[–] NOT_RICK@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago

They haven’t let go of Ireland as a colony though.

I absolutely do cherish the GFA and I see how a bunch of stubborn, violent men had to get together and painstakingly iron out an imperfect peace to achieve it. I want the same for Israel and Palestine.