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2 August 2024

Hamas Chief Ismail Haniyeh Killed in Iran as Gaza War Tensions Spiral

Tom O'Connor

Hamas' top political leader has been killed in an attack in the Iranian capital of Tehran, according to the Palestinian movement and Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC).

The IRGC's press office reported that Hamas Political Bureau chief Ismail Haniyeh was slain alongside his bodyguard at his residence early Wednesday, local time, after attending the swearing-in ceremony of newly elected Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian on Tuesday. The IRGC said that the cause and circumstances of the incident remain under investigation.

The news was later confirmed by Hamas' press office, which reported that Haniyeh "was killed in a treacherous Zionist raid" at his residence in Tehran. Hamas Political Bureau member Moussa Abu Marzouq was cited by various media outlets as calling the killing "a cowardly act" that "will not go unanswered."

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