Hamas Leader Ismail Haniyeh Killed In Tehran

Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh was killed in an airstrike in Iran. Iran’s Revolutionary Guards Corps reportedly said in a statement that Ismail Haniyeh and one of his bodyguards were assassinated in the capital Tehran. Hamas has also released a separate statement saying that Haniyeh, the head of Hamas's political bureau, was killed in an Israeli “raid” on his residence.

"Early this morning, the residence of Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran was struck, resulting in his and one of his body guards' martyrdom. The cause is under investigation and will be announced soon," Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said, as quoted by Reuters. The 62-year-old Ismail Haniyeh was in Tehran to attend the inauguration ceremony of Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian. In April, Israeli airstrikes killed three of Ismail Haniyeh’s sons and four of his grandchildren.

No one has immediately claimed responsibility for the assassination, and Israel has not yet responded to the incident. The Israeli military told CNN that they “don’t respond to reports in the foreign media." At the same time, this incident would mark the highest-ranking death of a Hamas political official since war in Gaza began.