The infamous Hamas political leader, Ismail Haniyeh, was assassinated overnight at his home in Tehran, Iran. Haniyeh had lived in luxury in Qatar after the horrific Hamas terrorist attack on October 7th, but was in Tehran to celebrate the installation of Iran’s new president.
Here’s the news from JPost:
Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh was killed in Iran, Hamas claimed on Wednesday morning, while claiming Israel was behind the attack.
In a statement, the Islamist terror group said they mourned the death of Haniyeh, who they claimed was killed in “a treacherous Zionist raid on his residence in Tehran.”
Haniyeh, along with one of his guards, was reportedly killed at his Tehran residence, according to an IRGC statement, and Saudi Arabia’s Al-Arabiya reported that he was killed at approximately 2:00 a.m. Wednesday morning.
“With condolences to the heroic nation of Palestine and the Islamic nation and the combatants of the Resistance Front and the noble nation of Iran, this morning [Wednesday], the residence of Mr. Dr. Ismail Haniyeh, the head of the political office of the Islamic Resistance of Hamas, was hit in Tehran, and following this incident, he and one of his bodyguards were martyred,” the IRGC statement read. “Early this morning, the residence of Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran was struck, resulting in his and one of his body guards’ martyrdom. The cause is under investigation and will be announced soon.”
Hezbollah-affiliated news site Al Mayadeen claimed that Israel eliminated him.
As of now, no one in Israel has commented on the reports. Musa Abu Marzouk, a senior member of Hamas’s political bureau, warned that the elimination of the Haniyeh “will not pass in silence.”
It was just yesterday that Haniyeh was meeting with the Ayatollah. This was a photo put out on Khamenei’s X account:
Khamenei is already vowing revenge since the assassination took place in their borders:
Following this bitter, tragic event which has taken place within the borders of the Islamic Republic, it is our duty to take revenge.
— Khamenei.ir (@khamenei_ir) July 31, 2024
UPDATE: Fox News confirms it was a missile strike that killed Haniyeh and that he was staying in a guest house while in the country for the installation of the new president.
Ismail Haniyeh, the political leader of Hamas, is dead after a missile strike in Tehran overnight. pic.twitter.com/Q7GRYL5WY9
— Trey Yingst (@TreyYingst) July 31, 2024