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We hope it will be followed by further investigations in Israel regarding those responsible for this tragic event, followed by appropriate action,
the family statement said Israel is at a very high level of preparation for any scenario, both defensive and offensive,
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in a statement We have the basis for a ceasefire. He should move on it and they should move on it now,
Biden told reporters after the call Two scenarios were discussed: a simultaneous response from Iran and its allies or a staggered response from each party,
said the source who had been briefed on the meeting, requesting anonymity to discuss sensitive matters You do not know what red lines you crossed,
Nasrallah said, addressing Israel, a day after Shukr was killed in a strike in south Beirut Let roaring anger marches start from every mosque,
I think in Israeli society, there is this moment where they can say that despite all the naysayers and concern [about the Gaza war], that they managed now to strike Hamas and are now making real progress by also taking out Hezbollah people,
The assassination of Haniyeh is great for Netanyahu’s political and security credentials,
Hugh Lovatt, an expert on Israel-Palestine for the European Council on Foreign Relations, told Al Jazeera Was an additional factor – in Netanyahu’s mind – that killing Haniyeh would then kill ceasefire talks and thereby prolong the conflict and with it Netanyahu’s political life? It is an extremely cynical calculation, but one that we can’t disregard because that has been [Netanyahu’s] behaviour to date,
In light of October 7 and the failure of the army and security services, Israeli security wanted to show they have recovered, and I think they did prove that. The assassinations serve Netanyahu from one angle and it serves the security establishment from another,
It’s like Israelis have schizophrenia,
Israelis – including families of the hostages – are basically not against these assassinations morally, but may soon fear that it risks the safety of the hostages,
Pulling back from the brink, repeatedly, is not making war any less likely. It makes it harder to construct a diplomatic pathway away from the looming threat of all-out conflict,
noted Jeremy Bowen, the BBC’s international editor And that starts with a cease-fire,
Blinken told reporters, invoking the fitful negotiations between Israel and Hamas I think we have to reconsider”
Firas Maksad, a senior fellow at the Middle East Institute, said on CNN, pointing to a “broad consensus” within Israel that wants to change the balance of power along its northern border with Lebanon We are in a situation where many red lines have been crossed,
We’re in this very uncomfortable position again, of waiting for men who don’t have a track record of necessarily making decisions that support peace, to try and calibrate their response in a way that they think will shore up their military position without letting things or forcing things to escalate further,
the Guardian’s senior international affairs correspondent, Emma Graham-Harrison, tells Michael Safi It’s incorrect to say that Hamas doesn’t want a deal — but on its terms,
The Palestinian public that celebrated October 7th and the ‘victory’ over Israel has now come to see that Hamas too is vulnerable and fragile. That can’t be hidden any longer; they can’t bask in their victory over Israel.”
Writing in the Yedioth Ahronoth newspaper, commentator Avi Issacharoff praised the killings and said It’s urgent that all parties make the right choices in the days ahead because those choices are the difference between staying on this path of violence, of insecurity, of suffering, or moving to something very different and much better,
