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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Patrick Wintour and Bethan McKernan in Jerusalem

Iran may rethink reprisals against Israel over killing of Hamas’s leader

A cleric next to a poster depicting the late political chief of Hamas, Ismail Haniyeh, in Tehran's Palestine Square
A poster depicting the late political chief of Hamas, Ismail Haniyeh, in Tehran's Palestine Square. Photograph: AFP/Getty Images

Iran may be rethinking the scale and format of its planned reprisal against Israel after the assassination of Hamas’s political leader, Ismail Haniyeh, but is not likely to be put off by the absence of explicit support from Muslim states for an Iranian military response, officials have suggested.

Meanwhile, Israeli officials have reportedly concluded that the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah is determined to carry out an attack in the next few days in response to Israel’s killing of senior commander Fuad Shukr, but the degree to which it will coordinate with Iran is unclear.

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