Could the killing of a Hamas leader spark a wider conflict? 

Burcu Ozcelik, senior research fellow for Middle East security at the Royal United Services Institute (Rusi), told i: “Iran will respond in a way that is deemed proportionate, but without going as far as to risk irreversible material damage and losses to Hezbollah, viewed by the IRGC [Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps] as a more strategic asset than Hamas.”