Patrick Kingsley, Farnaz Fassihi, Adam Rasgon and Ronen Bergman
The predawn assassinations of a top Hamas leader in Tehran and a senior member of Hezbollah in Lebanon left the entire Middle East on edge Wednesday, as Iran’s leaders vowed revenge and threatened to derail fragile negotiations for a Gaza cease-fire.
The Hamas leader, Ismail Haniyeh, 62, a top negotiator in the cease-fire talks, was killed after he and other leaders of Iran-backed militant groups had attended the inauguration of Iran’s new president.
Both Iran and Hamas accused Israel of killing Mr. Haniyeh, who led the group’s political operations from exile in Qatar, but Israel has not commented on those accusations. It was not immediately clear how the killing was carried out.
Hours before the assassination, Israel said it had struck Fuad Shukr, a senior member of Hezbollah. Hezbollah confirmed on Wednesday that he had been killed.
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