Ismail Haniyeh, a senior Hamas leader, has been killed in an Israeli strike in Tehran, according to Iran’s Revolutionary Guards.
Both the IRGC and Hamas have said they blame Israel for the attack. Haniyeh was in Tehran to attend Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian's swearing-in ceremony on Tuesday. Iran gave no details on how Haniyeh was killed, and the Revolutionary Guard said the attack was under investigation. Haniyeh left the Gaza Strip in 2019 and had lived in exile in Qatar.
Read More: Israel carries out strike on Beirut suburb after Golan Heights attack kills 12 childrenRead More: Ten teenagers dead in rocket attack on football pitch in Israeli-occupied Golan as IDF blames Hezbollah militant groupIranian state television reported on his death early on Wednesday, and analysts immediately began blaming Israel for the attack. Israel itself did not immediately comment but it often does not when it comes to assassination carried out by their Mossad intelligence agency.
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