Hamas says Haniyeh was killed in an airstrike; Iran’s Revolutionary Guard says it’s still investigating

Hamas leader Ismael Haniyeh arrives for the inauguration of the new Iranian President at the parliament in Tehran, on July 30, 2024. (Photo by AFP)
Hamas leader Ismael Haniyeh arrives for the inauguration of the new Iranian President at the parliament in Tehran, on July 30, 2024. (Photo by AFP)

Hamas blames an Israeli airstrike for the death of its leader Ismail Haniyeh. Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard says it is investigating the attack and did not say how it occurred.

An Israeli military spokesman does not immediately respond to a request for comment.

Hamas said Haniyeh was killed “in a Zionist airstrike on his residence in Tehran” after he attended the swearing-in of Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian on Tuesday, along with other Hamas officials and officials from Hezbollah and allied groups.

“Hamas declares to the great Palestinian people and the people of the Arab and Islamic nations and all the free people of the world, brother leader Ismail Ismail Haniyeh a martyr,” Hamas says in its terse statement.

In another statement, the group quotes Haniyeh as saying that the Palestinian cause has “costs” and “we are ready for these costs: martyrdom for the sake of Palestine, and for the sake of God Almighty, and for the sake of the dignity of this nation.”

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