DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Ismail Haniyeh, the billionaire Hamas political leader who ordered the murder from his luxurious exile in Doha, Qatar, was reported killed in Tehran, Iran, early Wednesday morning after the presidential inauguration.
Haniyeh was in Tehran to attend the inauguration of new President Massoud Pezechkian. met Along with “Supreme Leader” Ali Khamenei and leaders of other terrorist organizations such as Palestinian Islamic Jihad and the Houthis.
At the inauguration ceremony in Tehran, new President Massoud Pezechkian delivered a pro-Palestine speech, after which Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh and the new Iranian president were seen hugging and kissing, video footage from the ceremony showed. pic.twitter.com/FUQ1ZD4UZD
— Iran International English (@IranIntl_En) July 30, 2024
Multiple media sources, citing Iranian television, said Haniyeh was killed and that Hamas confirmed his death.
Iran’s PressTV report:
Ismail Haniyeh, political bureau chief of the Palestinian resistance group Hamas, has been killed in an attack in the Iranian capital, Tehran.
The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said Wednesday morning that Haniyeh and one of his bodyguards were killed in an attack on their home in Tehran.
The attack is currently under investigation, with findings expected to be announced later the same day, the statement said.
of The New York Times Confirmed The news quoted the Iranian terrorist group, the Revolutionary Guard Corps, as saying:
Ismail Haniyeh, one of Hamas’ most senior leaders, was targeted and killed inside Iran, according to a statement released by the Iranian Revolutionary Guards on Tuesday.
Hamas accused Israel of killing Haniyeh in Tehran, who had been in exile in Qatar and led Hamas’ political activities. Hamas issued a statement on its official Telegram account.
The news came hours after Israel confirmed the killing of Hezbollah deputy commander Fuad Shukr “Sayyed Mohsan,” who was responsible for rocket attacks on Israel and the 1983 bombing of a U.S. Marine barracks in Beirut.
Talal Hamiya and Fouad Shukr, from left, are shown in this wanted poster released by the U.S. State Department’s Rewards for Justice program. A Hezbollah official said Wednesday, Oct. 11, 2017, that the Trump administration’s multimillion-dollar reward offer for information leading to the arrest of Hezbollah operatives is part of a U.S. effort to “demonize” the group. The official was reacting to the State Department’s Wednesday announcement that it was offering a total of $12 million in rewards for information leading to the location, arrest and conviction of two senior members of the Lebanese Shiite militant group. (Rewards for Justice via Associated Press)
Israel also killed three of Haniya’s sons in a Gaza attack in April. It is unclear what impact the attack on Haniya will have on hostage negotiations, though Haniya has played an indirect role through Egyptian and Qatari intermediaries.
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