For Netanyahu, Haniyeh's killing a war prize with uncertain consequences

By Agence France-Presse

Aug 02, 2024 12:02 am

JERUSALEM — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is likely to benefit domestically from the killing of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh, but the escalation it could spark may reverse the win, experts said.

On Wednesday, the Palestinian Islamist movement and the Iranian Revolutionary Guards announced that Haniyeh, 61, had been killed in Tehran in an Israeli airstrike.

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