Reports: Iran vows vengeance, but escalation is not a certainty

Iran’s supreme leader Ali Khamenei has vowed vengeance for the death of Hamas’ political leader Ismail Haniyeh.

“The criminal and terrorist Zionist regime martyred our beloved guest inside our house and made us mournful, but it paved the way for a harsh punishment to be imposed on it,” Iranian state media quoted Ali (above) as saying.

Meanwhile, in Qatar, which was mediating a ceasefire negotiation, its prime minister Mohammed Abdulrahman Al Thani decried the...