Hamas Leader Ismail Haniyeh Killed in Tehran

Stand for Israel  |  July 31, 2024

Senior Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh speaks during a memorial service for three Hamas militants killed in an bombing in Gaza City on September 2, 2019.
Senior Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh speaks during a memorial service for three Hamas militants killed in an bombing in Gaza City on September 2, 2019. (Photo: Hassan Jedi/Flash90)

One of Hamas’ most senior political leaders, Ismail Haniyeh, was killed in Tehran, Iran, early in the morning on Wednesday, after attending the Iranian presidential inauguration on Tuesday, reports JNS:

The chairman of Hamas’s political bureau was killed in Iran early on Wednesday morning, according to Iranian government sources and Hamas.

Ismail Haniyeh and one of his bodyguards were reportedly killed by a missile in his Tehran guest house at 2 a.m. local time. The Hamas leader was in Iran for the inauguration of President Masoud Pezeshkian…