We must keep pushing to give peace a chance

THE Middle East is no stranger to conflict, but the assassination on Wednesday of Hamas political leader Ismail Haniyeh in Teheran, Iran, is heightening tension in the region and fanning fears of a wider war.

For more than 10 months, we have watched in horror as Israel’s genocidal war on Gaza destroys the strip and kills thousands of Palestinians – almost 40,000 now, and over half of them women and children.