How does Israel's response to the Majdal Shams strike reshape the conflict?
The assassinations of Shukr and Haniyeh indicate something else: Netanyahu believes it will be possible to achieve the war’s aims without sending the region spiraling into an all-out war.
IRAN’S SUPREME Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei performs prayer at the funeral of Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh, in Tehran. Regardless of whether the Haniyeh hit was part of Israel’s response to the Majdal Shams murders, it demonstrated to all its enemies the Jewish state’s impressive capabilities.(photo credit: Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader/WANA handout via Reuters)ByHERB KEINON