The political leader of Hamas Ismail Haniyeh was assassinated in Iran and a senior Hezbollah commander was killed in Lebanon.

Two Al Jazeera journalists were struck down in Gaza in a targeted attack.

After killing almost 40,000 Palestinians in Gaza, can Israel continue without accountability?

Presenter: Adrian Finighan

Guests:

Mehran Kamrava – Professor of government at Georgetown University in Qatar, specialist in Iran, the Gulf and Middle East politics

Beverley Milton-Edwards – Co-author of Hamas: The Quest for Power, former EU special adviser to the Middle East peace process

Karim Makdisi – Political analyst and associate researcher at the Arab Council for the Social Sciences