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It's Wednesday July 31st and this is your morning wire afternoon update.

Iran's supreme leader is vowing revenge after Ismail Haniya, the head of Hamas, was assassinated

in Tehran.

Bailey Wire reporter Tim Pierce is here to break down what we know so far.

Both Hamas and Iran blamed Israel and vowed retaliation with Ayatollah Ali Kamene

saying it is Iran's duty to avenge the killing.

Meanwhile Hamas is warned of major repercussions.

No one has taken credit for the attack and the Israel Defense Force has declined to comment.

Hanaya was killed hours after a top Hezbollah commander was slain in Beirut, escalating regional tensions.

The Hamas leader was in Iran for the inauguration of a new president.

Morningwire spoke to Benham Ben Taliblu, senior fellow covering Iran and the Middle East at the Foundation for Defense of

democracies.

Here's what he said.

The Israelis are looking to signal resolve against Iran, which is back to Moss as well as the

plethora of other terror groups that are firing in Israel currently,

as well as of course to try to move things along in the ground war in Gaza and

one would expect an uptick in operations.

Former President Trump spoke before the National Association of Black Journalists

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