Middle East tensions escalate after Hamas leader’s assassination

Welcome to The Hill’s defense and national security newsletter {beacon} Defense andInternational Security Defense andInternational Security Full text   UN report finds Palestinian detainees mistreated in Israeli prisons Palestinian detainees have been tortured and ill-treated in Israeli custody, according to a UN report released on Wednesday. The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights report looked […]

NATO Ally Turkey Condemns ‘Shameful’ Strike on Hamas Chief

Turkey on Wednesday condemned the killing of Hamas terrorist Ismail Haniyeh in Iran as a “shameful” assassination that could escalate the Gaza war into a regional conflict. “We condemn the assassination of Hamas political office leader Ismail Haniyeh in a heinous attack in Tehran,” Turkey’s foreign ministry said. Said said in a statement on Wednesday. […]

Hamas flag-wielding anti-Israel protesters show off portraits of killed terrorist leader Ismail Haniyeh in shocking Times Square rally

Anti-Israel protesters held up portraits of assassinated Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh and waved pro-terror flags in a shocking demonstration in Times Square on Wednesday afternoon. The hate-filled crowd chanted “Free Palestine” and one protester held up a flag representing Hamas, while another held up a photo of Haniya. Anti-Israel protesters waved Hezbollah and Hamas flags […]

Tlaib ally mourns assassination of top Hamas leader: ‘His martyrdom is not in vain’

The vocal anti-Israel activist, who has donated multiple times to the House campaigns of Michigan Democrat Rep. Rashida Tlaib, mourned the assassination of the Hamas top leader on Wednesday, saying “his martyrdom will not be in vain.” Zahra Billoo, a disgraced former Women’s March leader and executive director of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) […]

Killing of Hamas Leader Means His ‘Moderate Voice Is off the Table’

In an extended segment of CNN’s “Laura Coates Live” covering the assassination of Hamas political leader Ismail Haniyeh, CNN international diplomacy editor Nick Robertson said Haniyeh’s killing meant his “moderate voice will be ignored” because he was “considered a moderate within Hamas.” Robertson said, “This is going to be an extremely tough test for the […]