Hamas and Hezbollah leaders taken out in 24 hour span

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    Chris Irvine
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    In this photo released by the office of the Iranian supreme leader, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, right, speaks with Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh, center, and the leader of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad group Ziad Nakhaleh in their meeting in Tehran, Iran, Tuesday, July 30, 2024. A portrait of the late Iranian revolutionary founder Ayatollah Khomeini hangs on the wall. (Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader via AP)

    Senior leaders of Hezbollah and Hamas were assassinated in separate attacks in Beirut, Lebanon and Tehran, Iran over the last 24 hours.

    First, on Tuesday, Israel’s military announced it targeted and “eliminated” Fuad Shukr, a senior commander in Hezbollah, whom the Israelis said were responsible for an attack in the Golan Heights that killed a dozen children.

    Overnight into Wednesday, Hamas and Iranian media announced the killing of its political leader Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran.

    The world will now wait to see how Hamas will respond, if it can, what Iran will do, and whether it will lead to an expansion of the current war.

    Click here to read the full story on Haniyeh’s death by Breaking News Reporter Brady Knox

    Click here to read the full story on Shukr’s death by Defense Reporter Mike Brest