Hamas says its political leader, Ismail Haniyeh, has been killed in Tehran.
Ian Parmeter is a former Australian ambassador to Lebanon and an expert at the Australian National University’s Centre for Arab and Islamic Studies, and says Haniyeh was a key player in Gaza ceasefire negotiations, with his death increasing the risk of a wider war.
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