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Wednesday, July 31, 2024
From the Liveblog of
Wednesday, July 31, 2024
Iranians blame Israel for assassination of Hamas leader
Nobody has claimed responsibility for the killing of Hamas political leader Ismail Haniyeh, but analysts on Iranian state television have immediately begun blaming Israel for the attack.
Haniyeh was in Tehran to attend Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian’s swearing-in ceremony on Tuesday. Iran has given no details on how Haniyeh was killed, and the Revolutionary Guard says the attack is under investigation.
Israel has not commented, but is widely suspected of running a yearslong assassination campaign targeting Iranian nuclear scientists and others associated with its atomic program.
