Hamas Political Bureau deputy-chief Saleh al-Arouri was killed in a drone strike allegedly perpetrated by Israel on January 2 in Beirut, Lebanon. Israeli officials were instructed not to officially claim responsibility for the attack. Lebanese Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah warned that the assassination would not go unpunished.
Israeli forces killed eight Palestinians in the West Bank in overnight raids. In Gaza, an Israeli airstrike killed Hamza Dahdouh, son of Al Jazeera Gaza bureau chief Wael Dahdouh, in Khan Yunis.
TEHRAN The Daesh group said on Thursday that it carried out twin bombings which killed at least 84 people at a memorial ceremony in Iran for slain Revolutionary Guards general Qassem Soleimani.The claim from Daesh came as Iran observed a day of national mourning for those killed in Wednesday's blasts.In a statement on Telegram, Daesh said two of its members "activated their
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