the, the, you're watching, you know, the news coming to live from berlin, come off as its political leader, a smile. i me a has been killed in iran. both come off and iran say neil was assassinated. i'm us blaming israel for the attack. he was one of israel's top targets and the weight of the october 7th, the terror attacks. stay with us for the latest. the . i'm quite richardson, thank you so much for joining us. i'm also is it's political leader is maya nea has been assassinated into run around the revolutionary guard has confirmed the death

saying, nia and his body guard were killed and an attack on his residence. in the iranian capital. so far there has been no claim of responsibility. however, israel hasn't the past vowed to kill him. the and other leaders are from us after the group carried out the october 7th to attacks. for more on this, i'm very pleased to welcome her out horror of a middle east analyst at tel aviv university. joining us today from jerusalem, welcome just to start us off. you were reaction. have you seen to this killing from, from within the is really government or their politicians who are claiming responsibility for this attack? yeah, they're already several ones who are claiming responsibility or at least said, just expressing their joy about the said king, i think nobody has really doubts regarding the fact that it is really responsible for it. however, i believe he's released refraining from taking careful responsibility as to leave

a way for, for iran to avoid the from reaction. mm hm. now i'd like to ask you a little bit about how the killing of honey is going to impact the, the organization of how much it's internal structures. if at all, do you think this will make a big difference? i do actually, i mean he was a very important figure since actually do early days of a come off. he was one of the disciples. if you, if you wish, of a, i'm at the, a seen the founder of the, from us a and use a very important figure. however, how much we need to understand is not a centralized the organization. it is what we call the network organization or decentralized organization, with many strong figures. however, since the beginning of this war is really removed as some of the main hubs, if you lie chord main fingers out of the fixture as such as this literally was

extremely instrumental. and of course on the and the many of many key commanders offers from us the, in the gaza strip. so i think that the, the organization at the moment is a, is really in a very, very severe situation. and how would you say i need a comparison of those other figures in terms of his power and influence within him? us as well as the politic configured? he's important these if you wish, the president of, of the how my state and a selection is a, is a very long, is an outcome of a very long process. namely, if we will now need to wait for someone else that will take is, is place as the head of the, the political chamber. we will need to usually takes money from an ordinary date.

these days it's just impossible to replace him because the whole voting system is based on, you know, connection between the governor street in the west bank and other areas. and at the moment everything is disconnected. so it is a crisis by itself who will take his place and who will represent come us case on the international arena. and, and so it sounds like you're saying that this will be almost, this will be almost impossible shoes to fill. when you look at the diplomatic role he felt at, for example, in carrying out a ceasefire talks, is there somebody who is a obvious successor to him as well? they can always book the college, much um, instead of in color muscle already fulfilled the se, position of the, the head of the and political bureau. but you know that he has his own limits. and so i'm not sure he will do it, although he's, as i said,

the experienced may be some even high. uh, the only person i can think of, i mean i'm high up is the a deputy of a if you have seen was e lives in cuts are but these, the deputy d o v. if it's the wiring lift because it's tripped shortly before a the, the, the vicious attack of october 7. and that he's probably the only one who can, who could do this besides college much then with all its limitations. of course, now, could tars prime minister has said a know quote here, how can be the asian succeed referring of course for, and gaza when, when one party, assassinate the negotiator on the other side, do, do think that this killing on of honey a is going to have serious ramifications for cease fire discussions as well. i must say that logically has a point there. but having said that, i think that is real. would not

a removing would not kill him if you had such a instrument, a role within the, the a, the hostages deal. it might be that the news release considered as one of the barriers . otherwise, i don't see the logic in it. but i do think that is real as a different strategy at the moment regarding the issue of the deal. i think it, it sees what is going on if it goes through for a come us and still at the latest mental and didn't maybe it is really is adopting a different way to, to approach the whole thing. and i will, again, i wouldn't see a scenario they will kill a glutamate door if he was, is such, i think they probably took him is as a, as something who is, as a player who is more negative than positive from is really perspective of course of course and you can tell me a little bit more about that. what do you think there's a different way that you've suggested as well could be pursuing what it looks like?

what, what is the strategy? well, it's been a few more than a few days. okay. maybe even a few weeks that we see that the connection between the gaza strip and the, the outside world is, is very shaky. uh and, and um, is it more over we're not sure regarding the, the, from us possibility in the gaza strip to, to have the, let's say, a viable, strong communication between the different parts. so i wouldn't exclude the option that is real at the moment. sees these old infrastructure, military infrastructure of velocity, because the strip is something that might be even further divided and that, and therefore to tackle each area where the hostages are being kept. uh, you know, sold the your or differently, namely to approach to the local

a leaders who are holding us to just to offer their most, all sorts of things and, and the to try to resolve it this way. um, but at the moment, if this is something which is the 1st connected to the how must situation because the street even before we, we are considering what happened in between the, the gaza strip and the outside or come awesome on the abroad. thank you so much for sharing your insights with us on dw news that is a toll of university leisure analis, how horribly very much appreciate your time today. thank you very much. now, the iranian government is saying a funeral for honey. i will be held in teheran before his body is taken to guitar for burial. let's take a closer look now at a smile, amelia, as a figure. this is male. heavier was pictured alongside rums, new president,

just hours before being assassinated. the 62 year old had been, and 2 of them for the integration, sir, and the name on the lift gulf a several years ago, and ran home offices activities from kata where he lived in exile. he was born and a refugee company against the city in 1962 and joined him. us in the late 19 eighties near rose through the ranks and waiting till him to become the prime minister of the palestinian authority in 2006, a mouse named him. the group's lead in 2017. even after leaving the gaza strip. he acted as a groups political chief, a mass is deemed to be a terrorist organization by the e. u. us and numerous other countries. in april is riley strikes, some jobs, the killed 3 of honey, his sons, and 4 of his grandchildren. according to him,

us. at the time i mia insisted the dates with nose effect. ongoing c spy and hostage told us despite honey is strong stuff. some diplomats regarded him as being more moderate than other hotline members of the group to successor on the ground in gaza. yes, in what is deemed to be the person who orchestrated the october stephen terror attacks on israel. it's not knowing what involvement honey ahead and organizing via text. we have a israel held him responsible and included him and a list of potential targets. this is just joining us, so let's bring you up to speed with what we can say so far on this developing new story. the palestinian militant group home us says as political leader is my own. neil has been assassinated into ron. here's what we know, and a statement from us says any help was killed while on a visit to a bronze capitol to run, to attend the an observation of president must suit his ash. can it runs

revolutionary guard has also confirmed his death and no one has claimed responsibility for the assassination. but suspicion has fallen on israel, which involved to kill him. you and other leaders following the october 7th, the terrorist attacks israel has declined to comment on the death. a hamas official says the group will respond to honey. i was killing the official called it a quote cowardly act, but will not go unpunished. and just for some context and he has death, of course, coming after israel set it kills a top hezbollah commander and an air strike on a suburb of a root and 11 on israel. blamed the group for an attack that killed 12 children and teenagers. and the is rarely occupied golan heights on saturday, which has the last denies involvement. and despite as while refusing to comment on the killing of a smile near the government press, office released a photo on its facebook page of the hum us beater. with the word eliminated

stamped across his forehead. the caption, red is mile, honey. a mazda is highest ranking leader was killed in a precise strike in terror on iran. however, that post has since been removed from the social media platform. iran has officially responded to the death of nia in a statement carried on iranian state. media president, my suit is ascii on said iran will, quote, defend its territorial integrity, dignity, honor, and pride, and will make the terrorist occupiers regret their cowardly act. to i'd like to get some analysis now with the macro. i'm a rabo, a lecture as the american university, a root. he's joining me now from 11 on thank you so much for taking the time. newly elected iranian presidents must suit possess, can recently had warned that an attack on, on the would have serious consequences for israel. do you think that that is now

something that we couldn't expect both from, from iran or from hezbollah. 11 on hello, choose a country that cannot protect, it's so cold. guess scott, actually wage and hope in water. i guess one of the most of the decatur is it is acknowledged because entities under each more so when people are saying that this new product is where the former is just thinking the words under talking points of the roof, a guard and the oddity what happened in the last 2 days be at the beginning of the one or the top has been limited to the commander and it can, it will send to you is just another message that if it on decides to continue this so called a fist fight, it would be not only damaged physically, but also morally. this is a huge flow to have someone to assess a native when you stay at the it on it or she going to tell that anyway. so say

that $3030.00 ation of law or any of the proxies would have been kind of a major change on this conditional finance is not really anywhere to be found on the ground. this is just parting words and says something. what you get on has done before, i need to remind you that when the minutes of the kilometers would hit in the consulate in the cost of it. and there was cuz what was what was used by his beloved and by get on or just to kind of the opposite cuz you had the what was, which only ended up making it on and hold off its proxy. is there any sort of the national community? so do you think we'll see something similar, a very limited response perhaps, or has the needle here really moved closer to a broader regional war in the mid east, as well as the beginning of thoughts or great yesterday in the suburbs of bedroom was under way expected the head was expected, but no one was away for the target is, however, one of the killing of honey a might sound as a big thing in the other 2. he is a soft target,

and he is not truly the one who is leaving homeless on the ground. one has to remind everyone that the palm of the depth is presumably kills. but is it a something which has not yet been confirmed? but there's indications of say he is he, is that and the samsung smart and he is just adopting, had been away for homeless and has no the influence on the get on. so i think the beginning of a need to any of the public speaking, how much is expected? i think that it on and it's proxies will just take just slow and look for the time to pittsburgh holiday with his bach. i don't think that they have the capabilities, especially the americans would prevent it on from, from doing this. and ultimately, i think everyone is really unafraid. what would happen if trump is elected in the us? yeah. how would that? let's talk about that a little bit more because we could be on the brink of a very seismic shift in us politics. how do you think a change in

u. s. administration would affect what we are seeing in these relations in the middle east as well? why, why and that's on yahoo! and it's really governmental, very hesitant for that said calculating when they went for the says when the commander yesterday, i need to remind you here the trump didn't think twice when he went out to the bus on sunday and monday. and i don't think that on yours or we're going to software such a major role. they don't to go to the can i go so they money and was heavy, it was good on good, on. and so it was not really it i, in the sense that he does not belong to the guard proper. so i think that having trump in the white house will change the whole game because trump would go after purely around and target. and this is something that would force it on to publicly and openly a challenge to us. and this is something that they have avoided to using the proxies because using proxy soft as a whole series options beloved gives them the option of deniability. this is

something that they kind of do if they decide to use the proper in tools for this or the for sure that i need to have service on it. now you've ended up this a couple of times. i just want to pick up on this point. again, today's cooling in iran, you've said, you know, he's, he's not iranian, but still to have a 4 in person there. and a, and i diplomatic role kills on iranian soil. do you think that that has caused tyrone to lose face with some of its regional allies as well? i think that on has lost face even before the getting sent to you because at the beginning of october 7, but also flooded. they claimed that they would come to the aid of the police to indians, equally for some muscle underneath it off as well. i said once the lad and vision source and then also we would come to the end or residents. ultimately what, what the events have proven to be at the beginning of the year or beginning of the seniors are the values that doesn't seem to get

a lot out of blood. as long as the kidding is not directed directly to its own entity, they simply are okay with this. so i think why they care about optics. and this is something very important in the psychology of the in region. i think they are sort of the options that they can use our to, to try to get out of the state, the so called imperial facade, which is weaker than people assume. well, thank you so much for joining us today on dw, with your insights. that is macro rub up from doing my favorites. we very much appreciate your time today. us now we can turn to some other developments in the conflict here. businesses in ramallah have closed their doors after political groups in the west bank called for a general strike to protest the killing of a smile. hon. yeah, intact ron, how listed in factions also called for demonstrations across the occupied territories. and for confrontations with is really soldiers. checkpoints,

a report released by the un office on human rights as palestinians detained by israel. since october 7th, i've been subjected to act of torture. it alleges water boarding and electric shocks. it also says, as well as holding more than $9000.00 palestinians, some in secret without access to lawyers, the ones human rights chief said. testimonies indicate a flagrant violation of international human rights and international humanitarian law. speaking on the sidelines of a visit to the philippines, us defense secretary lloyd austin's at the us had no additional information on the assassination of honey. austin also insisted that the us was trying to pull tensions in the region and that there was always room for diplomacy. while also reaffirming support for israel's defense protection and data abuse beverage bureau chief mohammed traitor,

has the reaction from loving on. the weather has been very slow reaction from the bundle this morning on the summation of the money and the been on as barely. they adjusted the attack on it's the, the with some of the yesterday last night. but there's no doubt that this association would complicate the already inflamed situation. for the 1st may 1st reaction. the though came from his beloved more and any of this, ascribing him as a leader draped leader of a resistance, adding that at the desk of any it will increase the determination of the resistance fighters in the region. now we should say this attack, of course, as we've mentioned, coming just hours after another major development in the region intentions all over the high after israel side it had killed a top has a blog commander in an air strike on that. b route suburb now has the law has now confirmed that he was in the building at the time of the attack,

but has not confirmed his fate. let's take a look. it was a question of when not if israel would retaliate after a project of his a soccer field in my spouse, jones in the golan heights and killed 12 children and teenagers. israel blamed, has the law and warrant the militant group who would pay a heavy price is rather the response was a rare air strike on the outskirts of a roof. lebanon's health ministry said the attack killed at least one woman and 2 children, and wounded dozens. these really made latrice as the strike was targeted and killed. the top has block commander to add true core for to cool was the right hand man to cross on the throttle feasible as leader. and he's advisor in planning and directing attacks and operations in the

united states. the sugar orchestration of the 1983 bombing of the us marine barracks and bait roof, which killed $241.00 u. s. military personnel on the put a bounty of $5000000.00 on his head. he's been one of the groups leading military figures since it was established by around the revolution regards. more than a 4 decades ago. after the israel home us war broke guys in october, 7 to cool was accused by israel of being behind many of the drone and missed all of the tax that has block carry divers against israel. if israel's claim proves true, soccer will be the most senior has black commander to be killed since 2016. when most of a badger, the in the groups military commander in syria died in an explosion in damascus. the strike is threatened to escalate hostilities between israel and has the law as a time when tensions are already running halls. the u. n. is urging come fearful that the region could be on the brink of a wider war. so for more on this,

let's get back across to mohammed tre to in bay roof. so as we've just seen, there is really military has confirmed that it killed a has block commander in the root in a targeted attack. how has lot responded to this strike? it will let me start with this statement issued by his will only this morning cause the law said it's a premier really preliminary statement to comment on the the, the attack on the solid and suburb of the data. would it confirm that its senior commander was in the target of the building at the moment or these why he attacked, but it did not indicate his fate and therefore has been lost, said it. we wait until the fate of its senior leader is determined to act accordingly. now, that means that there is no doubt that the have on the, on the truth with response to is why as a talk a on on it's a strong cold invade would. but the nature of the response, the timing,

the geography, and is to be determined at the later stage. everyone in beta root and in the region is anticipating how these updates will unfold. and with all of those variables still up in the air, is it possible to say already what the security implications are for 11 on well, i can tell you already that data with this is looking in chuck today, but it was morning i usually very busy, but this morning's looking much, much calmer, and much different. there's no traffic. the latest events pushed mindy into benny's to stay at home today and both about anxiety and fear from an all out war. that of one sense at this stage at this moment that it's, it's really closer than any other time. so people staying home really fearing what could come next. speaking generally, is it possible to say what the perception of risk is in lebanon at this exact

moment? how likely do people think we are to see a wider regional conflict breakout, slow search and the tension is, is peaking in the bottom, but also in, in the region of up until last night, this the last night, this was s to a kind of a contained consolidation bought the, the, the latest events are a so it's on the game, a changer. this is a cleared extension of the was what, who was of engagements and the daily take for talk on the south and friends and, and in northern israel. so the f one is sensing that we actually reached the structure refresher of a war we've been following on very intense, uh, diplomatic and, and political efforts last night to de escalate the situation by pushing his way to avoid targeting civilians or major cities in beta. would also putting pressure on

his beloved to exercise restraint in the event of a and it's really a talk about, but i mean it's just weight and, and cd at fate of the has the less commander and the, the, the news coming less than coming last night on the coming off honey, this is gonna obviously change the situation. and thank you so much for your reporting. how does the the use beverage bureau chief mohammed tried to and just before we go, a reminder of our top story at this hour. what we can say so far, i'm us says it's political leader is smile. amelia has been assassinated into ron iran. revolutionary guards has confirmed the death saying anita, and his body guard were killed and an attack at his residence in the iranian capital. so far, there's been no claim of responsibility. however, as well as in the past, vowed to kill andrea and other leaders of mazda after the group carried out the october 7th terror attacks. that is our show and all from you. for now,

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