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![]() ![]() Hamas said Haniyeh was killed "in a Zionist airstrike on his residence in Tehran" after the ceremony.
From Press TV, "Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh assassinated in Tehran": Ismail Haniyeh, head of the political bureau of the Palestinian resistance movement Hamas, has been killed in an attack in the Iranian capital Tehran."No one immediately claimed responsibility for the assassination but suspicion immediately fell on Israel, which has vowed to kill Haniyeh and other leaders of Hamas over the group's Oct. 7 attack," the AP reports. Hamas official Sami Abu Zuhri told Reuters on Tuesday after Haniyeh's assassination that Hamas can outlast the deaths of any of its leaders. "We are waging an open war to liberate Jerusalem and are ready to pay any price," Abu Zuhri said. Israel assassinated Haniyeh's three sons and four of his grandchildren earlier this year.
"I thank Allah for this honor that He bestowed upon us through the martyrdom of my three sons and grandchildren," Haniyeh said in a statement at the time. "With this pain and blood, we create hope, a future, and freedom for our people, our cause, and our nation." Reuters reported Tuesday that the "tough-talking Haniyeh" was seen as "the more moderate face of Hamas." Appointed to the Hamas top job in 2017, Haniyeh moved between Turkey and Qatar's capital Doha, escaping the travel curbs of the blockaded Gaza Strip and enabling him to act as a negotiator in ceasefire talks or to talk to Hamas' ally Iran.Killing your opposing negotiator is an interesting way to shut down negotiations. Israel assassinated Hezbollah senior military commander Fuad Shukr earlier on Tuesday in an airstrike on a suburb in Beirut, Lebanon.
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