Jul 31, 2024, 1:35 PM

Oil prices jumped in reaction to Hamas leader assassination

Oil prices jumped in reaction to Hamas leader assassination

TEHRAN, Jul. 31 (MNA) – After the announcement of the assassination of Hamas leader Haniyeh in Tehran, Oil prices jumped, with Brent crude climbing 1.5% to just below $80 a barrel.

Haniyeh, a chief negotiator for Hamas and based in Qatar, was in Tehran for the inauguration of Iran’s new president on Tuesday. He was martyred “in a treacherous Zionist airstrike on his residence” in the city, Hamas said in a statement early Wednesday. The media said his bodyguard also died.

Oil prices jumped, with Brent crude climbing 1.5% to just below $80 a barrel as of 12:20 p.m. in Singapore, though it’s still down this week. Gold also rose, Bloomberg reported.

Haniyeh, in his early 60s, was key to the ongoing cease-fire talks between Israel and Hamas and his death has the potential to scupper them. 

The US has said in the past week that a deal’s getting closer, even if there’s still plenty to resolve.

Haniyeh’s death follows an Israeli strike on Beirut late Tuesday aiming at a senior Hezbollah commander. 

In April, Israel killed martyred of Haniyeh’s children in an airstrike in Gaza.

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