Want to get the Morning Brief by email? Click here to sign up.Wednesday, July 31, 2024Compiled by Abbas Mahfouz.Note from Head of L'Orient Today - Olivia Le Poidevin:We are in unchartered territory now. Overnight, top Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh was killed in an Israeli strike on Iranian soil. Just a few hours earlier Senior Hezbollah commander Fouad Shoukor is said to have been killed in a strike in the heart of Beirut's southern suburbs according to claims by the Israeli army - no official confirmation yet though from the group.In the preceding days the messaging from diplomatic and security sources had been to expect a strong, but limited response. But this feels different from what we expected. Key questions: How will Iran respond to an attack on its own soil? We saw in April an unprecedented direct exchange of strikes between Israel...
Want to get the Morning Brief by email? Click here to sign up.Wednesday, July 31, 2024Compiled by Abbas Mahfouz.Note from Head of L'Orient Today - Olivia Le Poidevin:We are in unchartered territory now. Overnight, top Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh was killed in an Israeli strike on Iranian soil. Just a few hours earlier Senior Hezbollah commander Fouad Shoukor is said to have been killed in a strike in the heart of Beirut's southern suburbs according to claims by the Israeli army - no official confirmation yet though from the group.In the preceding days the messaging from diplomatic and security sources had been to expect a strong, but limited response. But this feels different from what we expected. Key questions: How will Iran respond to an attack on its own soil? We saw in April an unprecedented direct exchange of strikes between...
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