Palestinian militant group Hamas said July 31 its political leader, Ismail Haniyeh, was killed in an Israeli strike in Iran, where he had been attending the inauguration of the countryâs new president.
âBrother, 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,â the movement said in a statement.
Iranâs Revolutionary Guards also announced the death, saying Haniyehâs residence in Tehran was âhitâ and he was killed along with a bodyguard.
âThe 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,â said a statement by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corpsâs Sepah news website.
Haniyeh had travelled to Tehran to attend Tuesdayâs swearing-in ceremony of Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian. The Israeli army did not immediately respond to a request for comment on reports of Haniyehâs death.