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Tensions are high on the anniversary of Hamas' October 7 attacks on Israel

<ul class="summary-list"><li>Gold reached reached a new-all time high on Friday, topping $2,700 for the first time.</li><li>The safe-haven asset is attracting interest after the death of a top Hamas leader.</li></ul><a target="_blank" href="https://markets.businessinsider.com/commodities/gold-price?utm_medium=ingest&amp;utm_source=markets&amp;utm_medium=ingest&amp;utm_source=markets">Gold</a> hit another record high amid simmering geopolitical unease in the Middle East.Futures climbed as much as 1% to $2,720 an ounce on Friday as the death of <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/israel-says-killed-hamas-chief-yahya-sinwar-oct-7-mastermind-2024-10">Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar</a> late Thursday spurred renewed concerns of further geopolitical tension.According to <a target="_blank" href="https://think.ing.com/articles/the-commodities-feed-gold-hits-another-record-high/">analysts at ING</a>, gold investors were responding to Israel's pledge to continue fighting, rather than de-escalate, per President Joe Biden's recommendation. They've treated the precious metal as a geopolitical safe haven all year, ING said."Traders are seeking safety in gold this morning after Israel said it killed Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar, and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel would keep fighting until all the hostages seized by Hamas last year are free, even though US President Joe Biden said it was time for the war to end," the analysts wrote.Meanwhile, Hezbollah committed to continue fighting after Sinwar's killing, <a target="_blank" href="https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/hezbollah-says-it-will-escalate-war-with-israel-after-hamas-leader-killed-2024-10-18/">Reuters</a> said. Iran, which backs several proxies in the region, issued a UN mission statement citing a strengthened "spirit of resistance."FXPro senior market analyst Alex Kutsikevich noted that the metal's 2% increase this week is abnormal because it's risen alongside the dollar, even though the two assets are normally inversely correlated.He said gold and the dollar only rise together when there's a sudden spike in demand for defensive assets — something that generally occurs geopolitical stress.Macroeconomic conditions are also at play as investors watch to see how far interest rates may fall. Gold, which does not yield interest, benefits when borrowing costs are lower. Other factors include strong central bank buying, as well as robust demand in Asia, ING added.

Gold climbs to record high as Hamas-leader death stokes geopolitical tensions

<ul class="summary-list"><li>The Israeli military said it killed Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar during an operation in Gaza.</li></ul>The Israeli military said Thursday that it killed Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar during an operation in Gaza, eliminating the architect of the massacre that Hamas executed on October 7, 2023.The Israeli military said in a statement that soldiers from its Southern Command killed Sinwar on Wednesday.Earlier on Thursday, the Israeli military said it was checking the possibility that it had killed Sinwar along with two other unnamed "terrorists" but could not confirm whether it had done so."In the building where the terrorists were eliminated, there were no signs of the presence of hostages in the area," the Israel Defense Forces said in a statement. "The forces that are operating in the area are continuing to operate with the required caution."Sinwar's death is a significant turning point for Israel and its yearlong war to eradicate Hamas. The Israeli government, with US support, had made it a key objective to kill him following its October 7 attacks, which left 1,200 people dead and triggered the war in Gaza and wider hostilities across the Middle East.But despite months of intense Israeli air and ground operations that have leveled much of Gaza, Sinwar <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/israel-killed-top-hamas-commanders-gaza-not-those-wants-most-2024-4">managed to remain elusive</a>. Israel's military has used heavy weapons, including 2,000-pound bunker-buster bombs, to collapse Hamas' sprawling tunnel network under Gaza, where he was believed to be hiding."Our enemies cannot hide. We will pursue and eliminate them," Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant wrote in a rather <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://x.com/yoavgallant/status/1846911544526807303">opaque post</a> on social media after the IDF first said that it was checking to see whether Sinwar was dead.The conflict has been at an impasse with Sinwar missing and Hamas, under his authority, rejecting cease-fire talks. In the meantime, Israel's military opened a northern front with a ground invasion into southern Lebanon in an effort to end the shelling by Hamas ally Hezbollah. Israel's <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/israel-no-win-situation-gaza-after-months-war-crush-hamas-2024-1">devastating Gaza war</a> has left over 40,000 Palestinians dead — most of them civilians, per local assessments. And there are dire warnings that amid the fighting, the humanitarian crisis is worsening.The 62-year-old Sinwar had been the leader of Hamas in Gaza since 2017 and the leader of its political wing following the July <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/ismail-haniyeh-top-hamas-leader-killed-in-iran-2024-7">assassination of Ismail Haniyeh</a>.The killing of Sinwar comes after Israel took out most of Hezbollah's leadership in Lebanon, including its longtime leader <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/israel-likely-used-bunker-buster-bombs-strike-kill-hezbollah-chief-2024-9">Hassan Nasrallah</a>, and amid heightened <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/iran-attacks-israel-with-missiles-after-hezbollah-leader-killing-2024-10">tensions with Iran</a>, which supports both Hezbollah and Hamas.

Israel says it killed Hamas leader and Oct. 7 mastermind Yahya Sinwar

<ul class="summary-list"><li>Hamas says its top leader in Lebanon, Fateh Sherif Abu el-Amin, was killed in an Israeli airstrike.</li><li>It said he was killed along with his wife and children in their home in the Al-Bas camp.</li></ul>Hamas said its leader in Lebanon, Fateh Sherif Abu el-Amin, and several of his family members were killed in an Israeli airstrike in southern Lebanon.The militant group made the statement on Monday on its Telegram channel, per <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/live-blog/israel-hezbollah-live-updates-hamas-leader-lebanon-killed-strike-hits-rcna173218/rcrd57408?canonicalCard=true">NBC News</a>.It said el-Amin was killed alongside his wife and children "in their home in the (Al-Bas) camp."The reported killing comes after Israel said it killed longtime Hezbollah leader <a target="_blank" rel="" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/who-was-hassan-nasrallah-the-hezbollah-leader-killed-by-israel-2024-9">Hassan Nasrallah</a> in an airstrike in Lebanon on Saturday. It also claimed to have taken out Nabil Qaouk, the commander of Hezbollah's Preventative Security Unit and a member of the group's Executive Council, in a separate airstrike.Israel has continued to strike targets in southern Lebanon and in Beirut.The latest developments are ones that could <a target="_blank" rel="" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/hezbollah-hassan-nasrallah-assassination-israel-iran-middle-east-escalation-2024-9">draw Iran more directly into the conflict, given its ties to the militant groups</a>.Iran is under pressure to respond to such attacks, but Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian also wants to ease tensions with the US and have economic sanctions on his country lifted. That is looking less and less likely.In July, when Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh was assassinated in Tehran just hours after he attended Pezeshkian's inauguration, with the finger being pointed at Israel, Iran vowed to retaliate but has not yet done so.This is a developing story. Please check back for updates.

Hamas says its leader in Lebanon was killed in an Israeli strike 

<ul class="summary-list"><li>Columbia University President Nemat Shafik resigned on Wednesday.</li><li>The Ivy League campus has been wracked by unrest and protests over the Israel-Hamas war for months.</li></ul>Columbia University President Nemat Shafik resigned on Wednesday following months of unrest at the Ivy League campus stemming from protests over the Israel-Hamas war.Shafik sent an email to members of the Columbia University community announcing her resignation.She is the third Ivy League head to step down since the war began last year.Columbia did not immediately respond to a request for comment.This story is breaking. Please check back for updates.

Columbia University president resigns in the wake of Israel-Hamas campus tumult

<ul class="summary-list"><li>Top Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh was killed in Iran, per Iran's Revolutionary Guards Corps.</li><li>Haniyeh was in Tehran for Iran's new president's inauguration; Hamas blames Israel.</li></ul>Top Hamas leader <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/israel-killed-top-hamas-commanders-gaza-not-those-wants-most-2024-4">Ismail Haniyeh</a> has been killed in Iran, according to a statement from Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps early Wednesday.Tasnim News, an IRGC-linked media channel, posted <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://x.com/Tasnimnews_Fa/status/1818481556505182405">a statement announcing Haniyeh's death</a> in Tehran on Wednesday morning local time. The <a target="_blank" href="https://www.nytimes.com/live/2024/07/30/world/israel-gaza-war-lebanon-hezbollah">New York Times</a>, the <a target="_blank" href="https://apnews.com/article/iran-hamas-israel-30968a7acb31cd8b259de9650014b779">Associated Press</a>, and <a target="_blank" href="https://www.cnn.com/2024/07/30/middleeast/hamas-political-leader-ismail-haniyeh-killed-intl-hnk/index.html">CNN</a> also reported on the killing. Haniyeh, 62, was the leader of Hamas' political wing. He joined the militant group in the late 1980s.In a statement published by the Hamas-affiliated Shehab news agency, the group accused Israel of killing Haniyeh in a "treacherous" attack on his residence in Tehran.Haniyeh was previously in exile in Qatar. He had traveled to Tehran to attend the inauguration of Masoud Pezeshkian, Iran's new president, according to multiple reports.No party has claimed responsibility for the killing at press time.In October, Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel's prime minister, vowed a "mighty vengeance" on Hamas and its leaders for its October 7, 2023, attack on Israel, which saw some 1,200 people killed and around 250 people taken hostage.When contacted for comment on Iranian state media reports, the Israeli military <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.cnn.com/world/live-news/lebanon-beirut-explosion-07-30-24#h_bac604dcad44e7f76393912aee9feed8">told CNN</a> they "don't respond to reports in the foreign media." A White House spokesperson told the outlet it was aware of the reports but declined to comment.Representatives for the Pentagon and the Israel Defense Forces did not immediately respond to requests for comment from Business Insider.Haniyeh's reported death comes hours after Israel struck the Lebanese capital of Beirut, <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/israel-tried-killing-top-hezbollah-commander-beirut-with-us-bounty-2024-7">killing a top Hezbollah commander</a> who it said was responsible for a deadly rocket attack in the Israeli-controlled Golan Heights over the weekend.This story is developing. Please check back for more updates.

One of Hamas' top leaders has been killed in Iran, according to reports

<ul class="summary-list"><li>Ismail Haniyeh, one of the top members of Hamas, was killed on Wednesday.</li><li>Iranian officials accused Israel of conducting the attack. Israel has not commented.</li></ul>Ismail Haniyeh, the leader of the political wing of Hamas, was killed on Wednesday.Details are still emerging about exactly how he died. But one thing is clear — he was supposed to be safe.Haniyeh was visiting an ally, Iran. He was in the capital for the swearing-in of its new president, a high-profile public occasion.In the hours before he died he had audiences with the president and Iran's supreme leader.That proximity to power did not keep him alive — to the outrage of his Iranian hosts.<div type="image" title="Ismail Haniyeh (left) meeting with Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in Tehran, Iran" height="3336" width="4416" msid="112174920" hostid="261" sizebytes="488796"></div><h2 id="c552214f-4fb9-41af-91f0-440f0bf9129a">'Humiliating' blow</h2><a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/ismail-haniyeh-top-hamas-leader-killed-in-iran-2024-7">Tasnim News</a>, an outlet with links to the authorities in Iran, said a guided projectile struck his dwelling in northern Tehran at around 2 a.m.Nobody has claimed responsibility for the attack, but Hamas and Iran blamed Israel. Israel didn't comment, but has carried out similar attacks before.According to Middle East and military experts, Haniyeh's death is a "humiliating" blow to Iran.Andrew Fox, a research <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://henryjacksonsociety.org/2024/07/10/major-ret-andrew-fox-joins-the-henry-jackson-society-as-new-research-fellow/">fellow</a> at the Henry Jackson Society, said the killing "sends a very clear message to Iran about Israel's ability to strike inside their borders."Fox said Haniyeh was of limited tactical significance as a target and could be easily replaced — but his loss still took a symbolic toll.<h2 id="a15ab7a0-d415-4e16-8c96-501278983e57">A history of attacks</h2>It wouldn't be the first time Israel has conducted military operations deep inside Iran.Israeli operatives gunned down Abdullah Ahmed Abdullah, a high-ranking Egyptian member of Al-Qaeda, on the streets of Tehran in August 2020, four officials <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/13/world/middleeast/al-masri-abdullah-qaeda-dead.html#:~:text=Abdullah%20Ahmed%20Abdullah%2C%20who%20went,Laden's%20son%20Hamza%20bin%20Laden.">told The New York Times</a> at the time.In November 2020, a Mossad team killed Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, an Iranian nuclear physicist said to be the leader of Iran's nuclear program.Ameneh Mehvar, a Middle East Regional Specialist with the Armed Conflict Location and Event Data Project (ACLED), said the latest attack reflected poorly on Iran.She called the killing "humiliating" and "damaging" to its image in the region.It "shows how deep Israel has likely infiltrated Iranian intelligence circles," she said.Farzan Sabet, a senior research associate at the Global Governance Centre and the Sanctions and Sustainable Peace Hub at the Geneva Graduate Institute, went further.He told BI that an "embarrassing security failure" like this would damage Iran's credibility among its allies and perhaps push it into a counterattack to save face."Tehran will likely feel pressure to retaliate in some form despite wanting to remain untouched by the Israel-Hamas war," he said.<h2 id="76feb6af-8a0f-44d5-92b7-d3f8d8a1cd6d">A new phase of brinkmanship</h2>Tensions between Israel and Iran were high even before Haniyeh's killing.Iran and Israel have for decades fought a <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/iran-israel-dragged-shadow-war-from-darkness-now-more-dangerous-2024-4">shadow war</a> of espionage and assassination.<div type="image" title="Palestinians carried a placard bearing the image of the leader of the militant Hamas group during a protest in the occupied West Bank city of Hebron" height="1333" width="2000" msid="112174914" hostid="261" sizebytes="251552"></div>Since Hamas launched terror attacks on Israel on October 7, groups allied with Iran — the Houthis, Hamas, and Hezbollah — have targeted Israel, with attacks sometimes spilling over into neighboring countries and directly involving Iran.An exchange of attacks in April on an Iranian embassy in Syria and then a return attack on Israeli soil <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/israel-iran-strike-isfahan-sends-strong-message-nuclear-experts-say-2024-4">marked an earlier escalation</a> that stopped short of further conflict.According to Burcu Ozcelik, a senior research fellow for Middle East Security at the Royal United Services Institute, the attack on Haniyeh represents a "new phase of brinkmanship" in the region."While it is not the first targeted assassination against a high-level figure within the so-called 'Axis of Resistance' at this juncture of intense tit-for-tat and a high-stakes geopolitical conflict, it will have ripple effects across the region," she told BI.Haniyeh's assassination and the recent killing of Hezbollah commander <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/israel-tried-killing-top-hezbollah-commander-beirut-with-us-bounty-2024-7">Fuad Shukr</a> in Beirut will "galvanize" other Iran-backed armed proxy groups in Iraq, Syria, and Yemen, he said.This, he said, "creates a dangerous conflagration of threats to Israel and Western interests in the region, notably in the Red Sea, where the Houthis will likely escalate their attacks."Mehvar from ACLED, meanwhile, predicted an Iranian counterattack that was "harsher" but "proportionate," likely carried out with allies.Fox, of the Henry Jackson Society, foresaw "some kind of minor" escalation in rocket attacks from Iranian proxies in Yemen, Iraq, and Lebanon, followed by a return to the earlier precarious status quo."They will not want to escalate to the point where the West steps in, as they did during the rocket attacks in April, which were also an embarrassing failure," he said.

The killing of a top Hamas leader in its backyard is 'humiliating' for Iran, experts say

<ul class="summary-list"><li>Antony Blinken warned Hamas might be running out of chances for a cease-fire.</li><li>The US Secretary of State said Israel had agreed to a cease-fire deal on Monday.</li></ul>Top diplomat Antony Blinken warned that the current cease-fire proposal may be Hamas' last chance to end the 10-month-long war with Israel.The US Secretary of State, who is on his latest trip to the Middle East since the conflict began, <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.state.gov/secretary-antony-j-blinken-remarks-to-the-press-27/">told reporters on Monday</a> that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has agreed to a new "bridging proposal" for a cease-fire deal. The onus is now on Hamas to agree, Blinken said.Blinken even went so far as to suggest that the Palestinian militant group might not get another opportunity to make a deal with Israel."This is a decisive moment — probably the best, maybe the last, opportunity to get the hostages home, to get a cease-fire, and to put everyone on a better path to enduring peace and security," Blinken said Monday, <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/08/19/israel-hamas-gaza-war-latest-cease-fire/">according to The Washington Post</a>.But, when asked later in the day if the US would stop trying to negotiate a deal if Hamas does not agree to this one, Blinken clarified that the US is "never giving up.""But," he added, "What we know is this: With every passing day that there's not an agreement, two things can happen. One is, of course, more hostages can perish; and second, intervening events come along that may make things even more difficult if not impossible.""The fierce urgency of now. That's what, I think, we're all feeling. And we do see this as the best opportunity to finally get this over the finish line," Blinken continued.The war began on October 7, 2023 when Hamas militants attacked southern Israel in a shocking cross-border assault, killing at <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/hamas-victims-uncover-signs-torture-and-abuse-says-israeli-forensics-2023-10">least 1,400 people</a> and taking at least 200 hostages. Israel responded with devastating attacks on Hamas — and killing at least <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.un.org/unispal/document/gaza-40000deaths-turk-ohchr-15aug24/">40,000 Palestinians,</a> according to Gaza's health ministry.The attacks have brought <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/israeli-troops-struggled-to-fight-through-gaza-sections-reduced-rubble-2024-7">ruin to the Gaza Strip</a> and displaced <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.unocha.org/occupied-palestinian-territory">nearly all of the territory's 2 million residents</a>. Aid workers have said the ongoing war has created <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://press.un.org/en/2024/sgsm22310.doc.htm">a humanitarian crisis across the Gaza Strip</a> as <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.hrw.org/news/2024/04/09/gaza-israels-imposed-starvation-deadly-children">disease and starvation have spread</a>.President Joe Biden told reporters last week that he is "optimistic" a deal can be reached between Israel and Hamas, which he hopes can happen by the end of this week, <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.axios.com/2024/08/17/gaza-hostage-ceasefire-deal-biden-next-week">Axios reported</a>, citing US officials.Though the details of the latest deal haven't been made public, a US official told Axios that the current deal on the table seeks to bridge the remaining points of contention between both sides. Several previous deals over the past few months have not been mutually agreed upon, with <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/antony-blinken-hamas-negotiations-new-demands-cease-fire-2024-6">Israel agreeing to one in June but not Hamas</a>, and <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/ceasefire-talks-ongoing-as-israel-forces-occupy-rafah-gaza-crossing-2024-5">Hamas agreeing to one in May but not Israel</a>.A bombing in Tel Aviv on Sunday night, which Hamas has claimed credit for, has cast a shadow on the negotiations, with some fearing it points to an impending larger escalation, the Post reported.And Hamas has already criticized the cease-fire proposal, accusing the US of incorporating all of Israel's demands and none from the militant group."What happened in the last meeting is that the U.S. administration presented a proposal that includes everything Netanyahu wants," Hamas spokesman Sami Abu Zuhri told The Post.One critical point of contention between both sides is the removal of Israeli troops from the Philadelphi Corridor. When asked about this point on Monday, Blinken acknowledged that there are still "questions of implementation" to be worked out, but that, "That's the next step, assuming Hamas agrees to the bridging proposal."

US says Israel accepted a cease-fire deal — and warns Hamas may not get another chance to say 'yes' 

<ul class="summary-list"><li>Hamas wants to change the terms of a US-backed ceasefire proposal, says Antony Blinken.</li><li>Israel has already accepted the deal, but Hamas is holding out.</li></ul>The US-led plan for a cease-fire in the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza has hit another stumbling block — and the US says Hamas is to blame.US Secretary of State Antony Blinken says the militant group has made new demands, moving the goalposts on a proposed cease-fire to end the 8-month-long war.Blinken <a target="_blank" href="https://www.c-span.org/video/?536356-1/secretary-blinken-qatari-prime-minister-al-thani-hold-joint-news-conference-doha">told reporters from Doha</a> on Wednesday that Hamas has not agreed to a US-backed ceasefire proposal because it wants to make "numerous changes," despite the deal being "virtually identical" to one Hamas had previously accepted.Blinken said Israel has already accepted the deal, and that while "Hamas could have answered with a single word: yes," it has not."Instead, Hamas waited nearly two weeks and then proposed more changes, a number of which go beyond positions it had previously taken and accepted," Blinken continued.Blinken did not specify what aspects of the deal Hamas wanted to change, but a source familiar with the matter <a target="_blank" href="https://www.cnn.com/2024/06/11/middleeast/hamas-responds-hostage-deal-intl-latam/index.html">told CNN</a> that Hamas's response, which was submitted to Qatari mediators, includes establishing a timeline for a permanent ceasefire and for Israel to completely withdraw its forces from Gaza."Some of the changes are workable. Some are not," Blinken said.Blinken added that because the negotiations have gone on for so long and Hamas keeps changing its demands, he is beginning "to question whether they're proceeding in good faith or not."<a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/ceasefire-talks-ongoing-as-israel-forces-occupy-rafah-gaza-crossing-2024-5">Hamas had previously agreed to another deal</a>, proposed by mediators Egypt and Qatar, that included a permanent ceasefire, withdrawal of Israeli troops from Gaza, as well as a release of both Israeli hostages and Palestinian prisoners. But Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu rejected that deal, saying it was "very far" from Israel's central demands.Qatari Minister of Foreign Affairs Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al-Thani, a mediator who spoke to reporters alongside Blinken, said that on different occasions, the behavior from both Israel and Hamas has been "counterproductive to the efforts."Blinken said the US and mediators will work with Hamas in the coming days to resolve its issues as best as possible and close the deal."The longer this goes on, the more people will suffer, and it's time for the haggling to stop and the cease-fire to start," Blinken said. "It's as simple as that."Palestinian health authorities have said <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/us-made-bombs-used-israeli-strike-gaza-school-report-2024-6">Israeli forces have killed over 37,000 people in Gaza</a> since the war began in October when Hamas launched terrorist attacks across the Israeli border, killing nearly 1,200 people and taking more than a hundred hostages.

Top US diplomat says Hamas is moving the goalposts on a cease-fire 

<ul class="summary-list"><li>An Intel executive has sued, saying he was fired for complaining about a pro-Hamas boss.</li><li>He said his boss posted "horrific and troubling" praise of the deaths of Israelis and soldiers.</li></ul>An engineering executive who has served as an Israeli soldier says in a new federal lawsuit that he was fired from his job at Intel in April for complaining about his boss' "horrific and troubling" pro-Hamas social media posts.A dozen of the X posts "liked" by the boss are included in the lawsuit filed in Manhattan Tuesday. They include illustrations of members of the terror group strangling and standing on the neck of Israeli soldiers. One post praises the burning of buildings with Israeli soldiers inside."Bombing a building in which 5 Zionist soldiers were holed up and they were sent to hell," reads a December post that the lawsuit says was liked by the supervisor, named in the suit as Alaa Badr, a vice president in Seattle.Badr did not immediately respond to requests for comment.<div type="image" title="This X post from January 2024 shows Hamas soldiers below text praising a Hamas military victory." height="2731" width="2500" msid="112504859" hostid="261" sizebytes="173094"></div>The lawsuit was filed on behalf of an unnamed former executive, described in the suit as an Israeli Jewish emigre and veteran of the Israeli Defense Force now living in New York City.He says in the 47-page complaint that Badr began openly supporting Hamas and the destruction of Israel soon after the October 7, 2023 invasion."To be clear, Badr did not simply sympathize with the plight of innocent Gazans stuck in the middle of Hamas and Israel," said the lawsuit, filed by attorney Douglas Wigdor of <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.wigdorlaw.com/">Wigdor LLP.</a>"Rather, he openly advocated for and celebrated the murder of Israelis like John Doe and the members of his family," who are still in Israel, the lawsuit said.The plaintiff "nearly lost his entire family to a missile strike by Hamas" earlier this year, and they had to evacuate their home, the lawsuit said.<div type="image" title="This X post from December 2023 shows soldiers looking out the windows of a concrete building below test celebrating the bombing and burning of Israeli soldiers by Hamas." height="2383" width="2500" msid="112504857" hostid="261" sizebytes="91792"></div>The plaintiff was ordered to begin working for Badr in late January, and he immediately complained about Badr's posts through an intermediary to Intel's human resources department. He spoke directly with human resources in February, the lawsuit said.Badr took down his X account in March, and the plaintiff — described in the lawsuit as "one of Intel's top employees" was dismissed from his position in early April. He was later reassigned to another position, but his pay was reduced, and his retention bonus was canceled, the suit said.<div type="image" title="This image from a December 2023 X post shows a bomb-leveled building covered in a blue tarp. Above the image is text reading &quot;Bombina a building in which 5 Zionist soldiers were holed up and they were sent to hell.&quot;" height="1596" width="1442" msid="112504860" hostid="261" sizebytes="77150"></div>"John Doe, an Israeli IDF veteran, was made to report to a man that would celebrate the death of his community, the death of his family, and frankly, the death of John Doe," the lawsuit said.The lawsuit seeks unspecified damages. A spokesperson for Intel did not immediately respond to a request for comment."While the rise in antisemitism around the world is alarming, it is inexcusable that Intel not only condones this type of behavior but retaliated against a former member of the Israel Defense Force for complaining about deeply disturbing tropes that were posted on social media by his boss," Wigdor said in a press statement Tuesday.

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