Ali Al-Qahoum, a member of the Ansar Allah political bureau, told Sputnik Sunday that the retaliatory strike on Israel for the killings of Palestinian and Lebanese resistance movement commanders would come from all directions.
An official spokesman for Yemeni movement Ansar Allah (the Houthis) said Monday the organization was developing major plans for a strike on Israel.
In an interview with Newsweek, Ansar Allah Deputy Information Secretary Nasreddin Amer declined to disclose details of the group's participation in the upcoming attack but said that "major plans" were being developed.
"We tend during this period to speak little and act a lot," Amer told the publication. "This is what I want the world to understand."
Ali Al-Qahoum, a member of the Ansar Allah political bureau, told Sputnik Sunday that the retaliatory strike on Israel for the killings of Palestinian and Lebanese resistance movement commanders would come from all directions.
On Wednesday the Palestinian group Hamas said its political leader Ismail Haniyeh had been assassinated in his guesthouse in Tehran where he had arrived to attend the inauguration of the new Iranian president. The group blamed Israel and the United States for Haniyeh's death and said the attack would not go unanswered.
Haniyeh's assassination shows there will be no ceasefire in Gaza under Netanyahu — Hersh
The assassination of the head of the political bureau of the Palestinian movement Hamas Ismail Haniyeh in Iran sends a clear message that there will be no ceasefire in the Gaza Strip as long as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is in power, US journalist Seymour Hersh said in his blog at the Substack website.
"The Israeli assassination of Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran… was a clear message that there will be no ceasefire in Gaza, as long as Netanyahu is in power," he believes. Hersh notes that Netanyahu "has been the one resisting a ceasefire there, despite pressure - or rather, pleading - from the Biden White House."
Hersh stresses that one of the causes of the Middle East crisis was "the failed foreign policies of President Joe Biden" and namely his "inability to understand the recklessness and depravity of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, whose hatred of Palestinians has now brought the Middle East and America to the brink of a war."
According to Hersh, the aggravation of the crisis was not only Biden’s fault but also of the US lawmakers who "routinely vote to send billions of dollars to support a corrupt and failing government in Ukraine and similarly approve the bombs and tank shells supplied to Israel for use in Gaza."
The situation in the Middle East has escalated sharply after militants of the radical Palestinian movement Hamas entered Israeli territory from the Gaza Strip on October 7, 2023, accompanied by the killing of residents of border settlements and the taking of hostages. The situation has escalated dramatically once again after the killing of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran and Hezbollah senior commander Fuad Shukr in Beirut. Hamas and Hezbollah blamed Israel for the killings and warned of their reaction.
Haniyeh's Assassination Aimed at Prolonging Conflict in Gaza, Complicating Talks - Abbas
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas said in an interview with Sputnik that the high-profile assassination of Hamas political leader Ismail Haniyeh would complicate negotiations to end the Israeli military campaign in the Gaza Strip and accused its organizers of seeking to prolong and expand the conflict.
The Palestinian Islamist group has placed responsibility for the murder of its leader, who arrived in Tehran for the inauguration of the Iranian president, on Israel, which has not commented on reports of involvement.
"There is no doubt that the purpose of Mr. Haniyeh's assassination is to prolong the war and expand its scope," Abbas said. "It will have a negative impact on the ongoing negotiations to end the aggression and withdraw Israeli troops from Gaza, but we call on our people to be steadfast, united and patient in the face of this occupation."
He recalled that the Palestinian National Authority (PNA) had condemned Haniyeh's assassination, even despite its long-standing conflict with Hamas.
"We consider this a cowardly act and a dangerous development in Israeli politics," Abbas said.
"The Israeli occupation authorities are required to abandon their ambitions and stop their aggressive actions against our people and our cause, to comply with international law and implement the Arab Peace Initiative, as well as an immediate and lasting ceasefire and withdrawal from the Gaza Strip," he added.
The Arab Peace Initiative offers Israel the opportunity to normalize relations with its Middle East neighbors in exchange for the liberation of the occupied Palestinian territories.
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