Ismail Haniyeh, known for leading Hamas’s negotiation efforts for a ceasefire in Gaza, was killed on 31 July in a guesthouse in Tehran.
Israel has confirmed that its military killed Ismail Haniyeh, the former Hamas political chief, in Tehran earlier this year. The assassination was revealed by Defence Minister Israel Katz, who also issued a warning to Yemen’s Houthi rebels, stating that their leadership could face a similar fate.
“We will strike hard at the Houthis… and decapitate their leadership – just as we did with Haniyeh, [Yahya] Sinwar, and [Hassan] Nasrallah in Tehran, Gaza, and Lebanon,” Katz said, according to The Guardian.
Haniyeh, known for leading Hamas’s negotiation efforts for a ceasefire in Gaza, was killed on July 31 in a guesthouse in Tehran. Reports indicate that an explosive device, planted by Israeli operatives weeks earlier, was used in the assassination.