The killing of Fakhrizadeh, Hamas warned, would lead to “chaos and instability that mainly serve the interests of the Zionist entity.”

Abbas’s visit comes in the framework of preparations for engaging with a new US administration under President Joe Biden.

"We call upon the new American leadership to intervene, as no progress in the peace process in the Middle East can be made without the US," al-Maliki stated.

The bead was so well preserved, that when the boy brought the bead to the supervising archaeologist, he initially wrote it off as likely being an unidentified modern obect.

“Jews of color” is currently a hot topic in conversation regarding American Jewry, but what about those who stand outside of that framework?

Iran has tried to target embassy personnel in the past.

"We condemn this heinous attack and see that the response to this crime is in the hands of those concerned in Iran," Sheikh Naim Qassem said in an interview with Al Manar television.

A visit to Qumran National Park and the history of the Dead Sea Scrolls