Ismail Haniyeh chief was assassinated in Iran, and Israel says its military is “fully prepared for any scenario.”
During the ongoing Israel-Palestine war, Ismail Haniyeh leader Ismail Haniyeh and one of his bodyguards were slain in Tehran. Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) acknowledged the executions in a statement.
The statement claims that Ismail Haniyeh, the leader of the Islamist party Hamas, which governs the Palestinian enclave of Gaza, was “assassinated.”
“With condolences to the heroic nation of Palestine and the Islamic nation and combatants of the Resistant Front and the noble nation of Iran, this morning [Wednesday] the residence of Ismail Haniyeh, the head of the political office of the Islamic Resistance of Hamas, was hit in Tehran, and following this incident, he and one of his bodyguards were martyred,” according to a statement from the IRGC.
“With condolences to the brave nation of Palestine,
the Islamic nation, the fighters of the Resistant Front, and the noble nation of Iran.The Islamist organization has blamed Israel, claiming Haniyeh was assassinated in a “treacherous Zionist raid on his residence in Tehran.” The group stated that an inquiry is ongoing to learn more about the attack.
The Hamas leader attended Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian’s inauguration ceremony on Tuesday, just one day before his killing. He also met with Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
Meanwhile, Lebanon’s health ministry has confirmed that three persons, including two children, have been killed and 74 injured in an attack that the Israeli military termed as a “targeted assassination operation” against a Hezbollah commander in southern Beirut.
The Ismail Haniyeh killings come as US President.
The Joe Biden’s administration is attempting to persuade Hamas and Israel to agree to at least a temporary cease-fire and hostage release deal.
“This morning [Wednesday], the residence of Ismail Haniyeh, the head of the political office of the Islamic Resistance of Hamas, was hit in Tehran, and as a result of this incident, he and one of his bodyguards were martyred,” the IRGC statement read.
Who was Ismail Haniyeh?
Hamas, the Palestinian political movement that rules the Gaza Strip, elected Ismail Abdulsalam Ahmed Haniya as the head of the group’s political bureau, replacing Khaled Meshaal, on May 6, 2017.
Born in the Shati refugee camp in Gaza to parents who fled from the city of Asqalan after the state of Israel was created in 1948, Haniya studied at the al-Azhar Institute in Gaza and graduated with a degree in Arabic literature from the Islamic University in Gaza.
Earlier this year, an Israeli attack killed three of his sons in northern Gaza.
Haniyeh left the Gaza Strip in 2019 and had been living in exile in Qatar. It is worth mentioning that the top Hamas leader in Gaza, Yehya Sinwar, masterminded the October 7 attack in Israel which sparked the latest Israel-Hamas war.
Iran’s supreme leader vows revenge.
Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei vowed revenge on Israel over the killing of Hamas’ political chief. Khamenei said Israel prepared a harsh punishment for itself after Ismail Haniyeh was killed in a predawn airstrike in the Iranian capital Tehran.
Is Ismail Haniyeh still alive?
Hamas claimed that its political head, Ismail Haniyeh, was assassinated in a midnight strike in Iran’s capital Tehran. Israel has not confirmed or denied being behind Haniyeh’s assassination.
Where was Haniyeh assassinated?
Iranian media stated that Haniyeh was slain about 2 a.m. (2200 GMT) on Wednesday. He was staying at “a special residence” for combat veterans in northern Tehran, Iran’s capital. According to NourNews, an outlet linked with Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, an aerial projectile struck Haniyeh’s apartment.
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