Sunday, August 27, 2023

Senior Hamas official threatens ‘regional war’ if Israel resumes targeted killings

The deputy head of the Gaza-ruling Hamas terror group’s politburo has warned Israel against resuming targeted killings of terror leaders, saying the move could spark a “regional war.”

The threat by Saleh al-Arouri came after the Israeli security cabinet convened last week following several recent deadly terror attacks in the West Bank, with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office later saying ministers had agreed on “a series of decisions to target terrorists and authorized the prime minister and the defense minister to act on the matter.”

No details were given on what those decisions were, but leaks from the meeting said the resumption of assassinations was one of the steps called for. READ MORE