Top Hamas Leader Ismail Haniyeh Assassinated in Iran
Ismail Haniyeh was killed in Tehran where he had been attending the president’s inauguration.
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Hamas’s political chief Ismail Haniyeh has been assassinated in Iran’s capital, Tehran, according to a statement from the group that governs Gaza, which blamed Israel for his death.
Haniyeh and one of his bodyguards were killed after the building where they were staying was struck, the statement said, adding that Haniyeh was in Tehran to attend the inauguration ceremony of Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian, on Tuesday.
“The Islamic Resistance Movement Hamas mourns to our great Palestinian people, to the Arab and Islamic nation, and to all the free people of the world: Brother, leader, martyr, Mujahid Ismail Haniyeh, the head of the movement, who was killed in a treacherous Zionist raid on his residence in Tehran,” Hamas said.
Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) also announced the assassination.
“Early this morning, the residence of Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran was struck, resulting in his and one of his body guards’ martyrdom. The cause is under investigation and will be announced soon,” the IRGC said in a statement.
It gave no details on how Haniyeh was killed, and the IRGC said the attack was under investigation.
Many worry Haniyeh’s killing could now lead to a further escalation of the conflict.
Israel launched a war in Gaza, promising to kill Haniyeh and other Hamas leaders, after the group attacked Israel on October 7 killing 1,200 people and taking more than 200 others taken captive.
At least 39,400 Palestinians have have been killed in Israel’s war, with 90,996 injured.
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