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Christiaan Hetzner

Airlines cancel flights to Israel as Middle East girds itself for Iran’s response to Hamas assassination

Israel's hardline finance minister, Bezalel Smotrich (Credit: Kobi Wolf—Bloomberg/Getty Images)

United Airlines and Delta Air Lines canceled a number of flights to Israel amid escalating tensions as the government revealed its forces had eliminated Hamas’s top military commander in Gaza.

On the 300th day of the war, the Israeli Defense Force (IDF) said it had killed Mohammed Deif, leader of the armed Al-Qassam Brigades and a key figure in the Oct. 7 attacks, during a targeted strike last month. The news came on the heels of Wednesday’s assassination of Hamas political leader Ismail Haniyeh during his visit with Iran’s Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

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