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Hezbollah crossed the red line".
However, in a brief post on social media after the attack, Israeli Defence Minister Yoav Gallant simply said The implications of all this are still difficult to assess at this point in time, but it is to be feared that all efforts to reach a hostage deal, which was supposedly on the verge of a breakthrough in recent weeks, are now a distant prospect for the time being,
Simon Wolfgang Fuchs, an associate professor at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem, told DW All eyes were on Tehran and since the assassination happened on Iranian soil, Iran will be forced to come up with a reaction,
Petillo agreed ... she told DW The fact that this highly symbolic meeting was chosen to eliminate Ismail Haniyeh shows that they [Israel] wanted to illustrate that Iran cannot protect even its own guests and that Israel's reach is beyond the country itself,
The killing of Fouad Shukur, who was the number two leader means that Hezbollah is under enormous pressure to retaliate,
It is too early to say what results this will bring but the consequences will be reverberating, for the worst,
The military arm will gain much more support from many Palestinians,
By killing Haniyeh, Israel has wiped away Hamas' political leadership, which was the more moderate force within the movement,
Petillo added, pointing out Hamas will not be able to go back to business as usual,
It also puts Yahya Sinwar, the more extremist leader of Hamas' military wing, at the helm,
So far, Hezbollah had always made very clear that it would stop the strikes and tit-for-tat with Israel once a cease-fire is reached,
That is the ultimate paradox,
said Saab, a former U.S. Defense Department official and head of the U.S.-Middle East practice of Trends Research and Advisory, a consulting firm based in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates I can tell you that the imperative of getting a cease-fire, the importance that that has for everyone, remains,
he told journalists in Singapore, The best way to bring the temperature down everywhere is through cease-fire in Gaza,
The criminal and terrorist Zionist regime martyred our beloved guest inside our house and made us mournful, but it paved the way for a harsh punishment to be imposed on it,
Khamenei said in a message These are attacks not just on the capitals of sovereign states but also on significant leaders to ensure total provocation & destabilisation.”
The assassination of leader Ismail Haniyeh is a cowardly act and will not go unanswered.
Hamas political bureau member Musa Abu Marzuk vowed We condemn the assassination of the leader of Hamas's political office, Ismail Haniyeh, in a shameful assassination in Tehran... this attack also aims to spread the Gaza war to a regional dimension.
Turkey's foreign ministry added This assassination aims to undermine the noble resistance of Gaza and the righteous struggle of Palestinians
Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan labelled Haniyeh's killing a 'treacherous' act, and wrote What I do know is the enduring imperative of getting the ceasefire, and what I do know is we’ll continue to work at that every day,