While Hamas’s capacity to retaliate is diminished, response could come from axis of militias backed by Iran
In the aftermath of the Palestinian militant group’s brutal 7 October attack, Israel’s prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, said Hamas’s leadership, including those outside the Gaza Strip, were “marked for death”.
A response could instead come from Hamas’s allies, bringing the Middle East closer than ever to a regional war between Israel and Iran and its proxies.
The people of Gaza and Israeli hostages held in Hamas’s tunnels are the immediate victims here because a breakthrough in the protracted ceasefire talks is now even less likely. The politburo leader was also widely considered to be more pragmatic and open to negotiation with Israel than hardliners such as Sinwar, the group’s leader in Gaza.
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