Violence in Middle East will likely escalate further

Men carry a portrait of Ismail Haniyeh as well as a torn poster of the Israeli prime minister and of the minister of national security, during a protest to denounce the Palestinian leader’s killing in Rabat, Morocco. Photo: AFP

Palestinian militant group Hamas has said its top political leader, Ismail Haniyeh, has been killed in his home in Tehran. It blames Israel for the attack, saying it was “a Zionist airstrike on his residence in Tehran after he participated in the inauguration of Iran’s new president”.Iran has not yet given any details on how...