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Hamas Political Bureau chief Ismail Haniyeh has been killed in an attack in Iran’s capital, Tehran, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said on Wednesday, Press TV reported.
In a statement to Meher News Agency the IRGC said that Ismail Haniyeh and one of his bodyguards were killed after their residence was targeted in Tehran.
“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 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 statement read.
Iran, meanwhile, said Haniyeh’s residence in Tehran was targeted and an investigation into the attack is underway. He was in Tehran to attend the inauguration ceremony of president-elect Mazoud Pezeshkian on Tuesday (July 30) and later met the new leader and Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
A senior Hamas official said this “assassination by the Israeli occupation” is a “grave escalation” while the Houthi head called it a “heinous terrorist crime”. Hamas further said it will not back down because of this attack, and will continue on its path “regardless of sacrifices” and is “confident of victory”.
