In my opinion, he was a monster that needed to go. I'll always remember the video of him kneeling alongside other men dressed in suits in his office the day of the attacks on Israel, praying and giving thanks for the attacks. He was killed while staying at a guest house of the Iraq Revolutionary Guard. He was in Iran to attend the sweaaring in of the new Iranian president. (It's more than a bit embarrassing for Iran that they couldn't even protect a guest at in militarily protected premises.)

Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan today declared Friday will be a national day of mourning for the Hamas leader.

Israel has not acknowledged responsibility for killing Haniyah. It has acknowledged killing Hesbollah's highest military commander Fu’ad Shukr, whom it claims was responsible for killing the dozen or so children at a soccer field in the Golan Heights. The soccer field was in a Druze neighborhood and the children killed were Israeli Druze. The Druze are are a religious sect that Israel has officially recognized since 1957. Most share an Arab ethnicity but their religion differs from Islam and they do not identify as Muslims. They participate in Israeli politics, including having seats in the legislature. According to Wikipedia and the Pew Research Center, they self-identify first as Druze, then as Israelis, and as Arabs last.

Again, this is an open thread, all topics welcome.