Hamas Leader Haniyeh Killed in Tehran, Iran Says

Published on July 31, 2024

Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh and one of his bodyguards were killed while in Tehran, Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said on July 30. No one immediately claimed responsibility for the killings, but Hamas blamed Israel for the attack, saying Haniyeh was killed during an airstrike on his residence in Tehran. Haniyeh, the head of Hamas’s political bureau, was in Tehran for the swearing-in of Iran’s new president, Masoud Pezeshkian. Palestinian Islamic Jihad leader Ziyad al-Nakhaleh was also in Tehran for the inauguration. The IRGC said in a statement that the incident is under investigation, state media reported. Israel has been fighting Hamas in Gaza since the terrorist group launched an attack on border cities in Israel, killing 1,200 people and taking 250 civilians and military members as hostages....

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