Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh has been killed in Iran, and Palestinian groups confirm this to mass media.
Iranian state television announced the killing early on Wednesday. Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said in a statement that Haniyeh and his guards were ambushed at their home and that an investigation was underway.
Haniyeh, who was the head of the political office of Hamas Islamic Resistance, traveled to Iran for the swearing-in ceremony of the reformist president Masoud Pezeshkian.
The 62-year-old Palestinian leader had earlier met Pezeshkian and Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
Sami Abu Zuhri, a senior Hamas official, said: “This assassination by the Israeli occupation of Brother Haniyeh is a grave escalation that aims to break the will of Hamas and the will of our people and achieve fake goals. We confirm that this escalation will fail to achieve its objectives.”
Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard also released a statement saying Haniyeh was “assassinated” but gave no details on how.
“Early this morning, the residence of Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran was struck, resulting in his and one of his bodyguards’ martyrdom. The cause is under investigation and will be announced soon,” the Revolutionary Guards said.
Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard also released a statement saying Haniyeh was “assassinated” but gave no details on how.
“Early this morning, the residence of Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran was struck, resulting in his and one of his bodyguards’ martyrdom. The cause is under investigation and will be announced soon,” the Revolutionary Guards said.
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