The Middle East is on a razor’s edge, with the United States building up its military forces in the region, discounting Iranian retaliation against Israel. In Iran, the Authorities are proceeding with a barrage of arrests of suspects for the Haniya murder, in the “shadow” of the new revelations and about the role of Iranian Agents. At the same time, Iran’s Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) investigating the incident announced that Hamas leader Ismail Haniya was killed by a short-range missile carrying a warhead of about 7 kilograms in Tehran.

In a statement, the IRGC said his killing “designed and executed by the Zionist regime” and was supported by “criminal US government”.

Tehran’s revenge for the attack will be “severe and will be done in an appropriate way, at an appropriate time and place” said the statement that blamed Israel – the “bold and terrorist Zionist government” – for Haniya’s death.

At the same time, military preparations are in full swing for fear of an expansion of the war in the Middle East.

The American Pentagon orders reinforcements to be sent to the area with an aircraft carrier, cruisers, destroyers and additional fighters.

US forces are ramping up as they anticipate retaliatory strikes on Israel by Iran and its proxies over the deaths of Hamas leader Ismail Haniya and Hezbollah warlord Fouad Shukr.

“We are constantly reassessing the disposition of our forces in the Middle East, ensuring that we have what is necessary to defend our troops, our facilities and our allies and partners, such as Israel. We heard the Supreme Leader (of Iran) clearly that he intends to avenge the killing of the Hamas leader in Tehran.”underlined the representative of the US Security Council, John Kirby.

The Americans have made it clear that they will support Israel if it is targeted.

Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallad is in contact with his counterparts from Britain and the United States to “assess the security situation”.

Iran and Hezbollah vow revenge for Israeli strikes on Tehran and Beirut

On Iranian television, a presenter said on Friday night that in the next few hours the world will witness extraordinary scenes and very important developments.

“Revenge is coming, at least that’s what Hezbollah and Iran say. I think the most optimistic scenario, if that is indeed the case, is that it (the retaliation) will be tempered, in such a way that it will not cause a massive backlash from the Israelis,” says the BBC’s diplomatic editor, Jeremy Bowen.

At the same time, Israeli bombardments in southern Lebanon against Hezbollah positions are hitting the positions of fighters of the Isis organization, while ground operations continue in the Gaza Strip as well.

“Our message across the Middle East this week is: Those who attack Israelis those who attack Israel, we are ready to go far, we know how to try to gather accurate intelligence, hit them, kill them and also take risks . We hit a target in Beirut and we are hitting them in Gaza”says the head of the armed forces in Israel, Hertz Halevi.

Netanyahu believes that the assassination of brother leader Ismail Haniya and his operations in the Gaza Strip can bend the will of the Palestinian people and the will of the resistance inside and outside the negotiations. Netanyahu is delusional, says Hamas leader Mohammad Nazal.

In the West Bank, the Israeli army carried out an airstrike on a vehicle carrying Palestinian fighters on the outskirts of the town of Tulkarem, killing one of the Hamas brigade commanders and four of his companions.

Demonstrations

Meanwhile, the Islamic world is seething. Thousands of Muslims are protesting from Yemen to Turkey to Lebanon, demanding revenge for the Israeli strikes.