2 assassinations, 1 claim of responsibility

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The Israeli army claimed responsibility for a missile strike that killed a Hezbollah commander in his Beirut apartment. At least three people were killed in that strike and some 70 wounded. Hours later, Hamas’ leader-in-exile Ismail Haniyeh and his bodyguard were killed as they slept in Tehran. Haniyeh was there for the swearing in of Iran’s new president. 

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