| BREAKING: Hamas Chief Ismail Haniyeh Reportedly Eliminated |
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Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh has been killed, according to the New York Times, citing Iranian sources. The Iranians say that Haniyeh was in the Capital city of Tehran to attend the inauguration ceremony of the Islamic terror supporting regime’s new president, Masoud Pezeshkian. It is not known who carried out the assassination, and Israel has not issued any heightened security alerts. The Times reports that Israel does not expect immediate retaliation. “We prefer to resolve hostilities without a wider war,” IDF Spokesperson Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari said in a statement, adding that the army was “fully prepared for any scenario.”Haniyeh, normally based in Qatar, has been the face of the Palestinian terror group’s international diplomacy as the war triggered by the attack has raged in the Gaza Strip, where three of his sons were killed in an Israeli airstrike. He is the most senior Hamas official killed since the war started. Hamas terrorist leader Ismail Haniyeh was assassinated in the early hours of the morning in Iran, the Palestinian terror group said on Wednesday, describing the strike as a “severe escalation” that would not achieve its goals. Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps also confirmed the death of Haniyeh, hours after he attended a swearing-in ceremony for the country’s new president Masoud Pezeshkian, and said it was investigating. It was the second high-profile assassination attributed to Israel in a matter of hours, coming after an airstrike in Beirut that killed Hezbollah’s top military leader. There was no immediate comment on the Tehran strike from Israeli authorities. Hamas said Haniyeh was killed “in a treacherous Zionist strike on his residence in Tehran after he participated in the inauguration of Iran’s new president.” Nobody has claimed responsibility for the killing but analysts on Iranian state television immediately began blaming Israel for the attack. A source told Reuters that Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, with the presence of senior Guards commanders, convened to discuss the assassination. The meeting was to decide on Iran’s strategy in reaction to the strike on Haniyeh, according to the source. |
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