Ismail Haniyeh assassinated in airstrike on Tehran residence.
Hamas blamed Israel for the assassination.
Ismail Haniyeh the political leader of Hamas (Palestinian resistance group), assassinated at Haniyeh’s residence in the Iranian capital, Tehran. One of his bodyguards was also killed in the attack.
Israel is yet to comment on the incident.
Turkey:
Turkey foreign minister calls the assassination Ismail Haniyeh ‘heinous’,
The Turkish Foreign Ministry has condemned the “heinous” assassination of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh, the Anadolu news agency has said.
Haniyeh’s assassination “once again demonstrates that Israel’s Netanyahu government has no intention of achieving peace” and the “region will face much larger conflicts if [the] international community does not take action to stop Israel,” the ministry added.
Russia:
Russia called killing of Hamas leader ‘unacceptable political murder’, RIA reports.
“This is an absolutely unacceptable political murder, and it will lead to further escalation of tensions,” Mikhail Bogdanov was quoted as saying.
Iran:
Iran’s National Security Council meets to discuss response: Report.
Members of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council along with senior commanders from Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) have convened a meeting to discuss the country’s response to Haniyeh’s assassination, the Reuters news agency reports.
• Turkey, Russia, Palestinian President condemned the assassination of Ismail Haniyeh.
• Russia, Turkey, Palestinian President, Hamas, among other leaders worldwide, condemn the killing of Hamas Political leader.
• Hamas has said Ismail Haniyeh was killed in “a treacherous Zionist raid on his residence in Tehran”: reports.
• Popular calls for a general strike across Palestine following the martyrdom of Ismail Haniyeh, the head of the political bureau of Hamas.
Hamas’s full statement on Haniyeh assassination:
Aljazeera published the full statement on Haniyeh Martyrdom:
Palestinian group Hamas has released a statement regarding the assassination of its political leader Ismael Haniyeh in the Iranian capital Tehran. Here it is in full:
In the name of Allah ﷻ, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful (And do not think that those who are killed in the way of Allah ﷻ are dead. Rather, they are alive with their Lord, receiving provision.)
The Islamic Resistance Movement Hamas mourns to our great Palestinian people, to the Arab and Islamic nation, and to all the free people of the world: Brother, leader, martyr, Mujahid Ismail Haniyeh.
The head of the movement, who was killed in a treacherous Zionist raid on his residence in Tehran, after participating in the inauguration ceremony of the new Iranian president. To Allah ﷻ we belong and to Him we shall return. And it is a jihad, victory or martyrdom