Israel confirms it killed Hamas political chief Ismail Haniyeh in Iran in July

Defence minister Israel Katz threatens Houthi rebels in Yemen, saying the military will decapitate their leadership - just as we did with Haniyeh'

Israel's defence minister has confirmed that the IDF assassinated former Hamas political chief Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran earlier this year, and warned that the military would also decapitate" the leadership of Yemen's Houthi rebels.

We will strike hard at the Houthis ... and decapitate their leadership - just as we did with Haniyeh, [Yahya] Sinwar, and [Hassan] Nasrallah in Tehran, Gaza, and Lebanon, we will do so in Hodeida and Sanaa," Israel Katz said on Monday.