Israel has assassinated Hamas’s political leader Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran overnight, apparently using a drone according to Iran Nour News Agency. This came hours after an Israeli drone strike on Beirut’s southern suburb targeting Hezbollah senior figure Fuad Shukr. Both moves are a major escalation by Israel that could trigger a major response from the Iran-backed Axis of Resistance that counts in its ranks Hamas, Hezbollah, Yemen’s Houthis and Iran’s Popular Mobilization Forces among others. Haniyeh was being hosted by Iran’s Revolutionary Guards and reportedly stayed in a building of Iran ar…