The Middle East is on the brink of a major conflict after Israel’s dramatic assassination of top Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran and a deadly airstrike on Hezbollah’s military chief in Beirut. These moves, coupled with recent Israeli raids in Syria and new U.S. military action in Iraq, have sparked outrage and vows of severe retaliation from Iran and its allies. As the region reels from these high-stakes attacks, global leaders and ordinary citizens alike fear that the escalating violence could plunge the Middle East into an even deeper crisis.

After Israel killed Ismail Haniyeh, the head of Hamas, during an event to inaugurate Iran's new president, the world awoke to a new Middle East on Wednesday that stood on the brink of a huge war between Iran and its proxies and Israel. It has been stated that Haniyeh, a Qatari national, and an Iranian security guard perished while in the Iranian capital. Since then, Hamas has denounced the "treacherous Zionist raid on his residence...