Hamas mentioned Wednesday its political chief, Ismail Haniyeh, was killed in an Israeli strike in Iran, the place he was attending the inauguration of the nation’s new president, and vowed the act “is not going to go unanswered.”
Haniyeh’s killing got here after Israel on Tuesday struck a Hezbollah stronghold in south Beirut, killing a senior commander of the Iran-backed group it mentioned was liable for a weekend rocket assault on the Israeli-annexed Golan Heights.
“Brother chief, mujahid Ismail Haniyeh, the pinnacle of the motion, died in a Zionist strike on his residence in Tehran after he participated within the inauguration of the brand new (Iranian) president,” the Palestinian militant group mentioned in an announcement.