Hamas leader dead, page-12

Dr Martin Kear from the University of Sydney said that the idea of a cease-fire in Gaza now is completely off the table,” he said. “I think Hamas’s position would be our chief negotiator has been killed. All bets are off.

“A full-scale war in the Middle East looks like Iran giving the go ahead to Hezbollah to unleash its arsenal of missiles in the south of Lebanon — as many as 150,000 missiles, they’re reliably reported to have.

“Israel would, of course, try to fend that off with their Iron Dome and other technology. But if you’ve got that many rockets coming at you, it’s very hard.