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With destroyed buildings in the Gaza Strip behind him, an Israeli soldier waves from a tank, near the Israel-Gaza border in southern Israel, Thursday, Aug. 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Tsafrir Abayov)

Israel-Hamas war latest: International calls for cease-fire grow after assassinations in the Mideast

Associated Press

This video grab shows Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh's coffin being carried out after the funeral prayers in Doha, Qatar, Friday Aug. 2, 2024. (Qatar TV via AP)

Mourners pay respects to slain Hamas leader Haniyeh as worries of regional war mount

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Palestinians search for bodies and survivors in a site hit by an Israeli bombardment on Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, Saturday, July 13, 2024. Israel said it targeted Hamas’ shadowy military commander in a massive strike Saturday in the crowded southern Gaza Strip that killed at least 71 people, according to local health officials. Hamas immediately rejected the claim that Mohammed Deif was in the area. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)

Israel says it has confirmed Hamas military wing chief Mohammed Deif was killed in a July strike

By Melanie Lidman - Associated Press

In this photo released by the official website of the office of the Iranian supreme leader, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, third right, leads a prayer over the coffins of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh and his bodyguard who were killed in an assassination blamed on Israel on Wednesday, during their funeral ceremony at the Tehran University campus, in Tehran, Iran, Thursday, Aug. 1, 2024. Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian prays at second right. (Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader via AP)

Iran’s supreme leader prays over the coffin of Hamas leader Haniyeh, whose killing risks a wider war

By Abby Sewell - Associated Press

In this photo released by the official website of the office of the Iranian supreme leader, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, third right, leads a prayer over the coffins of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh and his bodyguard who were killed in an assassination blamed on Israel on Wednesday, during their funeral ceremony at the Tehran University campus, in Tehran, Iran, Thursday, Aug. 1, 2024. Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian prays at second right. (Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader via AP)

Hezbollah leader: War with Israel has entered ‘new phase’ after killings of top militant figures

By Abby Sewell and Kareem Chehayeb - Associated Press

China, the Palestinian Authority and Hamas illustration by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

China, the Palestinian Authority and Hamas

By Jed Babbin

Hamas members attend a protest to condemn the killing of Hamas political chief Ismail Haniyeh, at al-Bass Palestinian refugee camp, in the southern port city of Tyre, Lebanon, Wednesday, July 31, 2024. Haniyeh, Hamas' political chief in exile who landed on Israel's hit list after the militant group staged its surprise Oct. 7 attacks, was killed in an airstrike in the Iranian capital early Wednesday. (AP Photo/Mohammed Zaatari)

Two strikes on militant leaders risk inflaming a Middle East on edge

By Melanie Lidman and Samy Magdy - Associated Press

In this photo released by the official website of the Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran's supreme leader, speaks after giving his official seal of approval to newly elected President Masoud Pezeshkian in an endorsement ceremony in Tehran, Iran, Sunday, July 28, 2024. (Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader via AP)

Khamenei, Iran’s supreme leader, vows revenge against Israel over killing of Hamas’ political chief

By Abby Sewell - Associated Press

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks while meeting with Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump at his Mar-a-Lago estate, Friday, July 26, 2024, in Palm Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Netanyahu vows to do ‘whatever it takes’ to protect Israelis in face of fury over strikes

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh claps as newly-elected Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian speaks while deputy leader of the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah, Sheikh Naim Kassem, left, sits during the swearing-in ceremony of Pezeshkian at the Iranian parliament, in Tehran, Iran, Tuesday, July 30, 2024. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

The war in Gaza might complicate Haniyeh’s replacement. Here are the possible contenders

By Sarah El Deeb and Bassem Mroue - Associated Press

Hamas members hold a poster of Hamas political chief Ismail Haniyeh during a protest to condemn his killing, at al-Bass Palestinian refugee camp, in the southern port city of Tyre, Lebanon, Wednesday, July 31, 2024. Haniyeh, Hamas' political chief in exile who landed on Israel's hit list after the militant group staged its surprise Oct. 7 attacks, was killed in an airstrike in the Iranian capital early Wednesday. (AP Photo/Mohammed Zaatari)

9 things to know: 2 terrorist leaders assassinated in Beirut and Tehran

By Jonathan Feldstein – Special to Higher Ground

Vice President Kamala Harris, right, shakes hands with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu before a meeting at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House complex in Washington, Thursday, July 25, 2024. (AP Photo/Julia Nikhinson)

Kamala Harris’ past reveals her true views on Israel and Gaza

By Dr. Tom Copeland – Special to Higher Ground

Iranian workers install a huge banner on a wall showing a portrait of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh and the Dome of Rock Mosque at the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound of Jerusalem at Felestin (Palestine) Sq. in Tehran, Iran, Wednesday, July 31, 2024. Haniyeh was assassinated in Tehran, Iran's paramilitary Revolutionary Guard said early Wednesday. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

Iran should think twice before direct attack on Israel, former CENTCOM chief says

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

In the raucous U.S. debate over the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Sam Fried offers a rare on-the-ground assessment — from the very front lines of the brutal fight in Gaza. The New York native, who had already volunteered to serve a two-year hitch with the Israeli Defense Forces as a paratrooper that ended in 2022, recalls that he was visiting friends in the city when Hamas launched its Oct. 7, 2023 rampage into southern Israel that killed more than 1,200 people — mostly civilians — while taking hundreds of others hostage. (Photo courtesy of Sam Fried)

From New York to the front lines in Gaza: An American IDF veteran tries to tell Israel’s story

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

In this photo released by the Iranian Presidency Office, President Masoud Pezeshkian, right, shakes hands with Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh at the start of their meeting at the President's office in Tehran, Iran, Tuesday, July 30, 2024. (Iranian Presidency Office via AP)

Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh is killed in Iran by an alleged Israeli strike, threatening escalation

By Abby Sewell - Associated Press

President Joe Biden, right, shakes hands with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, left, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Thursday, July 25, 2024. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Joe Biden will be the last Zionist Democratic president

By Jonathan Feldstein – Special to Higher Ground

Pro-Palestinian Pasadena City College students walk out of class as they demonstrate against the Israel-Hamas war in Pasadena, Calif., on April 30, 2024. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has repeatedly accused critics of Israel or his policies of antisemitism, including the U.S. college campus protests and the prosecutor of the International Criminal Court. (Sarah Reingewirtz/The Orange County Register via AP) **FILE**

Hamas, Muslim Brotherhood network feared; report finds groups engage in ideological attacks on U.S.

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

FILE - Students gather at a pro-Palestinian student encampment on the campus of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Friday, May 3, 2024, in Cambridge, Mass. A pro-Israel group counter demonstrated near the site. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has repeatedly accused critics of Israel or his policies of antisemitism, including the U.S. college campus protests and the prosecutor of the International Criminal Court. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, File)

How extremism is being exported from the West Bank to US campuses

By David M. Litman – JNS.org

A view of the makeshift tent camp where Palestinians displaced by the Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip are staying, in the Muwasi area, southern Gaza, Jan. 1, 2024. The Israeli military ordered Monday, July 22, the evacuation of part of the area of the Gaza Strip, which they had designated a humanitarian zone. (AP Photo/Fatima Shbair, File)

An Israeli airstrike hits a school sheltering people in Gaza, killing at least 30

Associated Press

Supporters and fans cheer for Palestinian athletes like Valerie Tarazi, second right, at the Paris Charles de Gaulle airport, at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Thursday, July 25, 2024, in Roissy, north of Paris, France. (AP Photo/Megan Janetsky)

Palestinian Olympic team greeted with cheers and gifts in Paris

By Megan Janetsky - Associated Press