Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh was assassinated in Tehran, Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard said early Wednesday, and Hamas blamed Israel for the attack.
Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh speaks during a press briefing after his meeting with Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian in Tehran, Iran, March 26, 2024. Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh was killed by a predawn airstrike in the Iranian capital Wednesday, Iran and the militant group said, blaming Israel for a shock assassination that risks escalating the conflict even as the U.S. and other nations were scrambling to prevent an all-out regional war.
Haniyeh's killing could also prompt Hamas to pull out of negotiations for a cease-fire and hostage release deal in the 10-month-old war in Gaza, which U.S. mediators had said were making progress. But international diplomats trying to defuse tensions were alarmed. One Western diplomat, whose country has worked to prevent an Israeli-Hezbollah escalation, said the double strikes in Beirut and Tehran have"almost killed" hopes for a Gaza cease-fire and could push the Middle East into a"devastating regional war." The diplomat spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss the sensitive situation.An Israeli military spokesman declined to comment.
Pezeshkian vowed his country would"defend its territory" and make the attackers"regret their cowardly action." An influential Iranian parliamentary committee on national security and foreign policy was to hold an emergency meeting on the strike later Wednesday. In the West Bank, the internationally backed Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas condemned Haniyeh's killing, calling it a"cowardly act and dangerous development." Political factions in the occupied territory called for strikes in protest at the killing.Meanwhile, Iraq's Popular Mobilization Forces, a coalition of Iranian-backed militias, said that a strike Tuesday night on a base southwest of Baghdad killed four members of the Kataib Hezbollah militia.
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