Hamas leader assassinated
The Palestinian Islamist group Hamas confirmed on Wednesday the death of its leader, Ismail Haniya, in an attack, attributed to Israel, in Tehran, where he was on an official visit.
“The leader brother, martyr fighter Ismail Haniya, leader of the movement, died as a result of a treacherous Zionist raid on his residence in Tehran, after participating in the inauguration ceremony of the new Iranian president,” the group confirmed in a statement.
For the moment, the authorities Israelis have not confirmed any attack in Tehran, nor the death of Haniya, who attended the inauguration of the country’s new president, Masud Pezeshkian, in the Iranian capital yesterday.
“Do not consider those who have been killed in the way of Allah as dead, but they are alive with their Lord, receiving sustenance,” the group said regarding Haniyeh’s death, “number one” of the Hamas political bureau, who lived in self-exile in Qatar.
“It is a jihad of victory or martyrdom”adds the group, responsible for the October 7 attack on Israeli soil, which left some 1,200 dead and more than 250 kidnapped; and which led to the current war in the Gaza Strip, where more than 39,400 Palestinians have died.
The Iran’s Revolutionary Guard confirmed Haniya’s death in an attack in Tehranin which one of his bodyguards was also killed; while Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas – of the rival Fatah faction – condemned the “assassination” of Haniya by ‘the occupation’.
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