Israel’s Defense Minister Israel Katz publicly acknowledged for the primary time on Monday that Israel was behind the killing of Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh in Iran in July, a transfer that would additional escalate tensions with Tehran amid ongoing conflicts in Gaza and Lebanon.
“These days, when the Houthi terrorist organization is firing missiles at Israel, I want to convey a clear message to them at the beginning of my remarks: We have defeated Hamas, we have defeated Hezbollah, we have blinded Iran’s defense systems and damaged the production systems, we have toppled the Assad regime in Syria, we have dealt a severe blow to the axis of evil, and we will also deal a severe blow to the Houthi terrorist organization in Yemen, which remains the last to stand,” Katz mentioned.
Israel will “damage their strategic infrastructure, and we will behead their leaders – just as we did to Haniyeh, Sinwar and Nasrallah in Tehran, Gaza and Lebanon – we will do it in Hodeidah and Sana’a,” Katz mentioned throughout a night honoring protection ministry personnel.
The Iran-backed group in Yemen has been attacking industrial transport within the Red Sea for greater than a 12 months to attempt to implement a naval blockade on Israel, saying they’re appearing in solidarity with Palestinians in opposition to Israel’s year-long genocide in Gaza.
In late July, the political chief of the Palestinian resistance group Hamas was killed in Tehran in an assassination blamed on Israel by Iranian authorities. There was no direct declare of accountability by Israel for the killing of Haniyeh on the time.
Haniyeh, usually based mostly in Qatar, had been the face of Hamas’ worldwide diplomacy. He had been participating in internationally brokered oblique talks on reaching a cease-fire within the Palestinian enclave.
Months after, Israeli forces in Gaza additionally killed Yahya Sinwar, Haniyeh’s successor.
Source: www.dailysabah.com