Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh assassinated in Iran
Tehran, Iran: Both Iran’s Revolutionary Guards and the Palestinian resistance group, Hamas, have confirmed the assassination of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh.
According to Iranian state-owned media, Haniyeh, who became political leader of Hamas in 2017, was killed together with his bodyguard at 2:00 am local time at the “special residence for war veterans” in Tehran.
The building was hit by an “airborne projectile.”
The late Hamas leader, who is mostly based in Qatar, was in Tehran to attend the inauguration ceremony of Iran’s new president, Masoud Pezeshkian.
The building was hit by an “airborne projectile,” which the Iranian authorities say they are investigating.
He was a key figure in the cease-fire negotiation to eventually end Israel’s war on Gaza.
It would be recalled that three sons of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh were killed in an Israeli airstrike in the Gaza Strip in April this year, the Palestinian Islamist group and Haniyeh’s family announced.
The Israeli military confirmed carrying out the attack, describing the three sons as operatives in the Hamas armed wing.
The three sons Hazem, Amir, and Mohammad were killed when the car they were driving in was bombed in Gaza’s Al-Shati camp, Hamas said.
Four of Haniyeh’s grandchildren, three girls and a boy, were also killed in the attack, Hamas said.
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