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There are fewer people on the street, there’s a general sense of anxiety, but it’s not anywhere near as hysterical as in October when people were convinced that Hezbollah was going to invade from the north,
he said, describing the days after the October 7 Hamas-led attacks in southern Israel Given the environment, the public has little problem separating the call for the hostages’ return and celebrating the killing of the man Israel was in talks with to achieve that,
he said, referring to how Israelis are traumatised by the events of October 7. I don’t think anyone knows what’s going to happen now. I think everyone’s trying to work out what the response will be or where it’s going to come from.”
Of course, Haniyeh’s killing could just have been opportunistic and born of a need for vengeance and a love of drama and fireworks,
Pinkas said, before adding It seems strange, I know, but there’s a level of public dissociation at work here,
People are tense, sure,
said Ori Goldberg, a Tel Aviv-based expert on Israeli politics Apart from the timing, the two assassinations have nothing in common,
said Alon Pinkas, an Israeli diplomat and a columnist with the Israeli newspaper Haaretz The damage to the building was very limited. It is quite possible that a quadcopter was used. There are quadcopters that are controlled on site, or those that are controlled via satellites and the internet. But it could also have been other munitions,
I looked at the pictures of the building he was in. From the minor damage to the building, I can't say exactly what was used,
Fabian Hinz, an expert in drone and missile systems at the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) in London, told DW Haniyeh knew that Tehran was not safe for him,
Guido Steinberg, Middle East and terrorism researcher at the German Institute for International and Security Affairs (SWP) in Berlin, told DW Tehran is not even capable of protecting its own top people, such as the nuclear scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh,
Steinberg added, refering the the killing of one of Iran's top scientists The blood of my children is not more valuable than the blood of the children of the Palestinian people ... All the martyrs of Palestine are my children,
he said after their deaths It is Allah who gives life and causes death. And Allah is all-aware of all actions ... 'If a leader leaves, another will arise',
Every time Hamas lost one leader, another leader came, sometimes even stronger in his performance and fulfilling Hamas principles,
If a leader leaves, another will come
We are preparing for an attack on five fronts at any moment.
An Israeli official said last night Haniyeh presented a pragmatic face to the mediators but internally inside Hamas led a hard line,
From what we gather, it is the political leadership based in Doha, headed by Haniyeh, that... has been pressing Sinwar... to accept a ceasefire,
Hamas broadly speaking will not be affected, as it has plenty of leadership material”.
Joost Hiltermann, Middle East programme director at the International Crisis Group, said Haniyeh has been a moderating force... His removal could embolden hardliners within the movement,
Relatively speaking, inside the group ... he said