Top Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh killed in Iran
This came a day after Israel struck targets in Lebanon’s Beirut, reportedly killing a top commander of Hezbollah, an ally of the Palestinian militant group.
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Palestinian militant group Hamas has confirmed the death of its top leader Ismail Haniyeh in Iran’s Tehran, Reuters reported on Wednesday.
Hamas said in a statement that Haniyeh was killed in “a treacherous Zionist raid on his residence in Tehran”. He had attended the inauguration of Iran’s newly-elected president on Tuesday.
Haniyeh had been leading the Palestinian militant group’s political operations in recent years while in exile in Qatar and Turkey, The New York Times reported.
Iran’s Revolutionary Guards Corps also confirmed the leader’s death on Wednesday. “Early this morning, the residence of Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran was struck, resulting in his and one of his bodyguards’ martyrdom,” the group said in a statement. “The cause is under investigation and will be announced soon.”
News of Haniyeh’s death broke soon after Israel attacked at least 10 targets across seven locations in Lebanon’s Beirut in overnight attacks on Tuesday.
Israel said that Fouad Shukur, a top military commander of the Lebanon-based Shia militant group Hezbollah, had been killed in the strikes, reported AP. The militant group is yet to confirm Shukur’s death.
The attack also killed a woman and two children while injuring dozens of others.
Shukur had allegedly been directing Hezbollah’s attacks on Israel since October 8 and was responsible for a rocket attack that killed 12 persons in Israel-controlled Golan...
