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Islamic Jihad leader Nakhaleh was in the same building as Haniyeh but survived – report
Gianluca Pacchiani is the Arab affairs reporter for The Times of Israel
A handout picture released by the Iranian presidency shows Iran's new President Masoud Pezeshkian (R) during a meeting with Palestinian Islamic Jihad leader Ziad Nakhaleh in Tehran on July 29, 2024. (Photo by Iranian Presidency / AFP)
Palestinian Islamic Jihad secretary general Ziad Nakhaleh was staying in the same building as Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran at the time of the latter’s assassination, but on a different floor, Channel 12 reports.
Nakhaleh was not a target of the attack and was not killed, the channel adds.
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