Iranian state media on Wednesday praised Hamas’ “political leader,” Ismail Haniyeh, as a key figure in pushing Israel “to the brink of annihilation.” genocidal The intention of the Hamas leadership came hours after Haniyeh was killed in an airstrike in the early hours of the morning.
Haniya visited Tehran on Tuesday Inauguration He met with Iran’s new President, Massoud Pezechkian, and embraced him, then met privately. meeting Hamas met with its “Supreme Leader,” Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Hamas is a Sunni jihadist terrorist organization based in Gaza that relies heavily on Iranian funding for its existence. Iran’s leaders want to destroy the state of Israel and Eradicate Jews in the Middle East. The State Department recently Estimation Iran invests $100 million a year in Hamas and other Palestinian terrorist groups.
Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), designated a terrorist organization by the United States, Confirmed The Hamas leader said on Wednesday that Haniya’s residence was hit by a “missile,” killing the leader. The statement did not mention any other casualties. Iranian leaders later blamed “Zionists” for the attack, but at the time of writing no country or group had claimed responsibility for the attack.
Haniyeh died with an estimated net worth of $4 billion. As a “political” operative, he lived a lavish lifestyle in Doha, Qatar, and spent much of his time meeting with representatives of countries friendly to Hamas.
The Israeli government has not commented on the matter at the time of writing, but the government of left-wing US President Joe Biden was denied Being involved in or having information relating to the issue.
Iran’s state-run propaganda media PressTV Applause Haniyeh is a martyr who “pushed aside the Zionist state” [Israel] In its obituary, the paper wrote favorably of him, saying he “played an active role in both the First and Second Intifadas and served multiple prison terms,” and praised him for enlisting his family in the jihad, noting that he lost “at least 14 close relatives” in terrorist campaigns against Israel.
Haniya celebrated the killing of his relatives. In April, after three of his sons were killed in a counterterrorism operation, Haniya Said He thanked Allah “for granting us the honor of their martyrdom.”
“Their pure blood is for the liberation of Jerusalem and Al-Aqsa. We will continue on our path and will not hesitate or flinch,” Haniyeh said. “With their blood, we bring hope, future and freedom for our people and our cause.”
“His life and legacy will continue to serve as a beacon of inspiration for the resistance against the US-backed Israeli occupation, which is already on the brink of extinction,” Press TV declared.
Iranian dictator Khamenei met privately with Haniya hours before his death. I swore In a statement on Wednesday, Israel retaliated by again accusing it of taking out Hamas terror leaders with U.S. support.
“The criminal and terrorist Zionist regime martyred our dear guest in our homeland, causing us grief, but at the same time created the ground for severe punishment for itself,” Khamenei declared. “Although he accepted martyrdom in the path of God and was not afraid to save His servants, we consider it our duty to avenge his blood in this tragic and terrible incident that took place on the territory of the Islamic Republic.”
Hamas itself is similar Condemned It called Haniyeh’s death a “despicable Zionist assassination,” called the attack a “Nazi” act and praised his role in the ongoing war on terror that began when Hamas invaded Israel on Oct. 7, 2023, killing hundreds and committing widespread atrocities.
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“His life culminated in his martyrdom in the noblest battle fought by our people and the free people of our country in defense of Al-Aqsa and the holy places, the Flood of Al-Aqsa,” Hamas declared. The terror group calls the October 7 massacre “the Flood of Al-Aqsa.”
“The criminal assassination of our leader Haniyeh in the heart of the Iranian capital is a grave and dangerous event that will shift the fighting to a new phase and have major consequences for the entire region,” Hamas warned. “The enemy has miscalculated by expanding the scope of its attacks, assassinating resistance leaders in different areas and violating the sovereignty of regional countries.”
Israel declared war on Hamas, the ruling group in the Gaza Strip, following the October 7 attacks, in which Hamas terrorists entered Israeli territory and massacred entire families door-to-door in residential neighborhoods. Witnesses told law enforcement that Hamas terrorists tortured innocent victims, committed widespread acts of gang rape, and desecrated corpses, sometimes filming the acts and uploading them to the victims’ social media pages. Multiple cases of infanticide and other child murders were also documented. An estimated 1,200 people were killed that day, making it the largest massacre of Jews since the Holocaust.
In order to eliminate the terrorist leaders responsible for these atrocities, the Iranian mission to the UN Said The attack, announced on Wednesday, “was part of a program to massacre Palestinians, particularly over the past 10 months, aimed at increasing insecurity in the West Asian region.”
