Tensions ramp up in the Middle East after Hamas killing

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Iran has vowed to avenge the killing of Hamas’s political leader Ismail Haniyeh who died in an overnight air strike in Tehran. Israel hasn’t commented publicly on the strike but it has previously vowed to eliminate the group’s leaders. What does this mean for the already volatile situation in the Middle East?

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Warning: The details of the Polkinghorne case may be upsetting for some listeners.