Hamas political leader Ismail Haniyeh was assassinated in an Israeli strike in Iran, where he had been attending the swearing-in ceremony of the new president of Iran.
"Brother, leader, mujahid Ismail Haniyeh, the head of the movement, died in a Zionist strike on his headquarters in Tehran after he participated in the inauguration of the new (Iranian) president,” Hamas said in a statement.
Iran's Revolutionary Guards have announced the death, stating that Haniyeh was killed, along with one of his bodyguards, as his residence in Tehran was “hit.”
"The residence of Ismail Haniyeh, head of the political office of Hamas Islamic Resistance, was hit in Tehran, and as a result of this incident, him and one of his bodyguards were martyred," the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps's Sepah news website said in a statement.
