TEHRAN, Iran — Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard mentioned Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh was assassinated in Tehran.
Nobody instantly claimed accountability for the assassination however suspicion instantly fell on Israel, which has vowed to kill Haniyeh and different leaders of Hamas over the group’s Oct. 7 assault on Israel that killed 1,200 individuals and noticed some 250 others taken hostage.
Iran’s assertion gave no particulars on how Haniyeh was killed.
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Iranian state tv reported on his dying early Wednesday, and analysts instantly started blaming Israel for the assault.
Israel itself didn’t instantly remark nevertheless it usually would not in the case of assassination carried out by their Mossad intelligence company.
Israel is suspected of working a yearslong assassination marketing campaign concentrating on Iranian nuclear scientists and others related to its atomic program.
In its marketing campaign since, Israel has killed greater than 39,360 Palestinians and wounded greater than 90,900, in accordance with the Gaza Well being Ministry, whose depend doesn’t differentiate between civilians and combatants.
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