Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh was assassinated. Now what? | Start Here

Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh has been killed in Tehran. Iran says Israel assassinated him and has promised to respond. So what could happen now? Sandra Gathmann speaks to historian and expert Abdullah Al-Arian, to explain what’s happening and what Haniyeh’s death could mean for the Israel-Gaza war and the wider region.

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[Irania_tube]

as an Iranian i said to you dont mess with Israel🎉

[rajsekar]

Sorry Al-Jazeera for losing one of your leaders.

[mauricerajczyk]

A lot of rooms available now in the 5 stars hotels in Doha

[karydi]

The question of the journalist should also be, how can Israel pull this off, from such a distance... Why were they not able detect and destroy whatever was used to assassinate their guest?.

[envt]

I'm sorry for your loss aljazeera. It must be very sad to lose one of your own.

[davideisenman]

he left 4 billions $ international aid stolen from the "Palestinian"s 😂

[harshavijay]

These people still think Israel can be fooled with 😂😂😂

[jfern]

Always starts off with its own version of history..

[purpose-of-our-exsistence]

We have a quote in Algeria that says : “ those who killed him, are the same who march in his funeral “

[frewatiklt]

My condolences to Al jazeera 😢. Once again the hands of Israelis are invincible

[famvids]

The world's better off without him. He was a brat who had a lot of wealth built on the backs of Palestinians.

[CCLow-jrum]

Israel : I told you on 7 Oct they were dead men walking didn't I?

[PurpleSquirrels]

“The only lives that truly matter are those who respect the lives of others”.

[shanb]

Al Jazeera declarares 7 day mourning 😂😂😂😂

[uddhavthapa]

Mushlim countries around west asia have lot of wealth but not will

[rockynanach]

Don't forget about the 12 Druze children.
Their is always a previous context.

[loudmouthdiaries]

Dude is dead
What's the explanation again?

[tydiab]

That was a really dumb move to be traveling to different countries when you're an open Target

[Dell_Series]

Al Jazeera, please provide HIJAB for female news anchor .