Ismail Haniyeh

Kirby wouldn't specify the nature of Iran's readiness or the intelligence behind it, only saying, "We got to be prepared, and we are."

Haniyeh, a senior Hamas leader, was killed on July 31, 2024, in Tehran, Iran, where he was attending the inauguration of Iran's new president.

The challenge for Iran in retaliation was trying to go beyond its April attack on Israel. Iran now wants to message about how it reserves the right to at some later date.

Israel has not taken responsibility for the killing, but it has been widely presumed to have carried it out.

Haniyeh revealed that his father had been using his phone constantly and even used it at 10:15 p.m. the same night he was killed. 

Radical Islam has gone off the rails and people of belief all around the world must call them out for it.

The report first originated from a Fox News article, citing a report in the Kuwaiti newspaper Al Jarida.

While approving weapons to Israel, Washington has also tried to arrange a ceasefire deal in Gaza that would potentially stave off a wider Middle East war.

Iran called on E3 countries to "once and for all stand up against the war in Gaza and the warmongering of Israel."

This represents a shift from recent assessments, which suggested that international pressure was restraining Iran from launching a direct attack against Israel.