Breaking! Hamas Leader Haniya Killed in Attack, Gold Prices Quickly Pull Up Over $10 in Short-Term

July 31 Asian market trading, spot gold, and international oil prices short-term rapid pull-up, as media reports said that Hamas leader Ismail Haniya was killed in an attack in the Iranian capital, the market for the geopolitical situation of the worries of the rapidly warming.

According to the latest reports, on 31 July, Ismail Haniya, the leader of the political bureau of the Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas), was killed in an attack in the Iranian capital, Tehran.

Hamas has said that it was an Israeli attack that led to the death of its leader Ismail Haniya.

Iran's Revolutionary Guards announced in a statement that Ismail Haniya, a senior Hamas leader, was killed Tuesday local time in Tehran, where he was attending the inauguration of Iran's new president, the New York Times reported. He and an Iranian security guard were attacked at their residence. The statement said that further details are to be released.

According to Iran's Tasnim news agency: Iran said it is investigating the assassination of Hamas chief Haniyeh and the results will be announced soon.

Affected by this news, gold prices pulled up more than $10 from around 2405 in the short term, and as of 11:18, the highest touched $2418.10 per ounce, a new high for nearly a week, or about 0.3%.

U.S. crude oil extended the rebound to as high as $75.75 per barrel, up about 1.32%, recovering most of Tuesday's gains.

In the past 24 hours, the geopolitical situation in the Middle East has escalated significantly, favoring the provision of safe-haven support for the price of gold, and international oil prices are also expected to be supported.

On 30 July local time, the U.S. Central Command said that in the past 24 hours, the U.S. military destroyed three Yemeni Houthi unmanned surface boats in the Red Sea.

The Israeli military claimed on 30 July that an airstrike on Beirut on Tuesday killed a senior Hezbollah commander in retaliation for a cross-border rocket attack three days earlier that killed 12 teenagers and children.

An eyewitness said a plume of smoke could be seen rising from the southern suburbs of Beirut, a stronghold of Iranian-backed Hezbollah. Israeli Defence Minister Galant said the attack killed Fuad Shukr, who had “Israeli blood on his hands. Tonight we have shown that the blood of our people pays, and there is no place beyond the reach of our army.”

There was no immediate response from Hezbollah. The organization denied any involvement in Saturday's rocket attacks on the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights. Senior security sources in another country in the region confirmed that Shukr died of wounds sustained in the attack.

The Israeli military said Shukr was Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah's top aide, a wartime operations adviser, and was responsible for Saturday's attack.

Lebanese Foreign Minister Abdallah Bou Habib said his government condemned the Israeli attack and planned to protest to the United Nations. “We didn't expect them to attack Beirut, but they did,” he said. He hoped Hezbollah's response would not trigger an escalation of the situation.