Top Hamas Terrorist Leader Ismail Haniyeh Killed in Tehran Strike, Terror Groups Says
Hamas attributed the kill to Israel.
Top Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh has been eliminated in an overnight strike in Iran, the Islamic terrorist group said.
The 62-year old terrorist was killed in his Tehran home where he was visiting from Qatar to attend the inauguration of the Iranian President Masour Pezeshkian.
🚨🚨BREAKING: Hamas says the head of its political bureau Ismail Haniyeh was assassinated in an Israel air strike on his house in Tehran
— Barak Ravid (@BarakRavid) July 31, 2024
Haniyeh’s death was also confirmed by Arab media and Iran’s Islamic Guard Corps (IRGC) terrorist group. “According to the Saudi Al-Arabiya news channel, Haniyeh was killed along with a bodyguard by a missile that targeted him in his bed at around 2 in the morning,” Israeli TV channel i24NEWS reported.
The Israeli government and the armed forces are yet to comment of the strike that killed one of the main masterminds of the October 7 massacre, news reports say.
The Israeli news website YNET reported:
Ismail Haniyeh was assassinated in Tehran, Hamas said on Wednesday, attributing the killing to Israel. (…)
Haniyeh was in Iran to attend the inauguration of President Masour Pezeshkian. He met with Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei along with Islamic Jihad leader Ziyad al-Nakhalah on Tuesday.
On October 7, Hamas leader Haniyeh watched videos of Israelis being slaughtered in their homes and at a music festival then gave thanks to Allah.
His prayers have been rejected.pic.twitter.com/wBUZvXiB64
— Aviva Klompas (@AvivaKlompas) July 31, 2024
Hamas blames Israel for the killing of terror chief, vows revenge
Hamas blamed Israel for the “treacherous Zionist attack” on the “sons of our great Palestinian people, the Arab and Islamic nation,” an apparent reference to the terror group’s slain leader and his bodyguard.
The Islamic terrorist group vowed to avenge the killing of its terrorist chief. According to the France24 TV channel,”a senior Hamas official said that Haniyeh’s death “will not go unanswered”.”
The Iranian regime vowed to deepen its terrorist alliance with Hamas in the wake of Haniyeh’s killing. “Iran’s foreign ministry said the “martydom” of Haniyeh will “strengthen the deep and unbreakable bond between Tehran, Palestine and the resistance”,” the BBC reported quoting the Iranian media.
Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas condemned the killed of the top Hamas terrorist .”In the West Bank, the internationally backed Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas condemned Haniyeh’s killing, calling it a “cowardly act and dangerous development.” Political factions in the occupied territory called for strikes in protest of the killing,” the Associated Press reported.
Russia and Turkey also condemned the killed of the top Hamas terrorist.
Israeli airstrike kills Hezbollah No. 2 in Beirut terror stronghold
News of Haniyeh’s elimination comes hours after an alleged Israeli airstrike took out Hezbollah terror commander, Fuad Shukr, who was behind Saturday’s rocket attack on a playground that killed 12 children in northern Israel.
🔴ELIMINATED: Fuad Shukr the most senior military commander of the Iranian-backed Lebanese terrorist group Hezbollah
Fuad Shukr murmured 241 US Marines in Lebanon in 1983 & was the commander responsible for the murder of 12 children in Majdal Shams.
— Israel ישראל (@Israel) July 31, 2024
The IDF in statement on Tuesday described Shukr as “Hezbollah’s Most Senior Military Commander and Hassan Nasrallah’s Right-Hand Man.” He was also wanted for his role in 1983 Beirut Marine barracks bombing that killed 241 U.S. and 58 French military personnel.
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Daily double. Hope the ticket pays immensely.
This is the work of serious people, of having real “adults” in charge.
Nothing like what we have here.
Palestinian Authority announced today that Shukr was just hit by teleprompter glass.
Okay, that got a coffee spray from me!
A message has been sent that no enemy of Israel is safe — that they can find and strike anyone they choose. That should cause troubled sleep in many places.
Good.
Also good that in spite of Biden demanding the juices do nothing that they are paying them as much attention as they deserve.
Triple Word Score for killing the slug in Tehran!
Indeed. The Super Satan state of Iran must be feeling just a bit insecure right now.
They are pushing Israel into a corner, and are seeing the fruits of this stupidity.
Be a real shame if one of the Hamashole leaders were staying with the mullahs…..
“internationally backed” … LOL. The guy allowed one election decades ago (which Hamas did pretty well in in Gaza and came to control Gaza) and that was it for the PA and elections. “We don’t need no stinkin’ elections!” But the world thinks that that’s just awesome! Abbas – President for Life!
What a pathetic joke.
“President for Life”? The way things are going, that might not be for long.
“We are Israel. We will find you.”
Interesting that it’s the terrorists reporting this rather than the Israelis. Plus, I don’t know just how much capability the Israelis have to strike at Tehran, that’s almost 1000 miles over countries that might well not grant permission to fly through their airspace.
Keep in mind that just a few weeks ago, IAF unleashed a barrage of air supremacy on the southern port cities of Yemen, which are 800-miles+ further away than Tehran is. The combat range (on internal fuel tanks) of the F-35 is 600+ miles. It’s been understood for several years that IDF has been developing external fuel tanks for their F-35s in exactly the same way they developed conformal fuel tanks for their F-16s decades ago, something the US didn’t even think was possible. The engineers in Israel are…world class.
So, when you factor in a modest external fuel tanks and a standoff weapon w/ a range of 200+ miles, Tehran easily falls within a limited, covert mission window for IAF. It would be a sustained campaign against Iran which would be difficult to prosecute without any strategic bombers…which IAF hasn’t had since their B-17s were retired in the 1960s.
The juices released video of their aircraft being refuelled mid air during the operation. External fuel tanks wouldn’t have got them to their target and back.
The Israelis have a much more extensive ground game in Iran than we do. So anything is possible.
And, if all the “ground game” needs is a laser pointer for the IAF to home in on, even better.
I read Clancy”s novel too. Good one. I just can’t recall which one. Sum of all Fears I think. The book, not the movie.
Nice
It will be fascinating to see if any details of the strike ever leak. Last year, Lockheed Martin announced improvements to the F-35 which, for the first time, would allow the stealth F/A aircraft to carry standoff weapons like the JASSM, JAGM and Hellfire missiles. These types of weapons packages would likely provide a (somewhat) greater chance of mission success for this strike than a ground or sub-launched cruise missile because it’s believed that Iran – particularly Tehran – has deployed the Russian S-400 SAM system, which should provide some protection for the cruise missiles in IDF’s inventory (that are publicly known).
I don’t think this was an air strike asset. This was a bomb planted in the hamas leaders house. That’s why iran is attributing it to Israel. This would follow a Mossad pattern of letting an enemy know how up close and personal they can get. This was a direct message to the iranian mullahs and leadership. We got him and we can get you. FKH
“FKH”…Ewww
Very true, you don’t know how many other people have been there
FKH? Please define it.
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Think of the democrat party’s current nominee for President.
F&ck Kamala Harris. Replaces FJB.
It was definitely an airstrike according to multiple press agencies citing eyewitness accounts. Plus, Senior Hamas official Khalil Al-Hayya said on Iranian state TV: ‘“Martyr Haniyeh was assassinated by a rocket that entered the room he was staying”
The IAF not only hit the right building but hit the correct window.
https://apnews.com/article/iran-hamas-israel-30968a7acb31cd8b259de9650014b779
Morlock should know better than to show their faces above ground.
One by one. Wonder what Kamala thinks about this?
You lost me at “thinks.”
I am going to call her Kamala Hamas from now on, after her backhanded slaps at Netanyahu.
Yesterday Haniyeh met with Iran’s new president. Today he’s meeting the previous president. 🙂
*happy feet dance*
I love the “you’re not safe even in Iran” message.
Keep it up!
Good work. Now, how to cut off the Iranian head of the entire problem without touching off a full blown gulf war?
Another 7th century dirt worshipper, dispatched. Pop a cork!
Israel, doing the job America refuses to do
How many years has it been since the marine barracks murders, and this man who planned that slaughter lived?
“The Iranian regime vowed to deepen its terrorist alliance with Hamas in the wake of Haniyeh’s killing. “Iran’s foreign ministry said the martyrdom of Haniyeh will “strengthen the deep and unbreakable bond between Tehran, Palestine and the resistance”
I found parsing this very interesting. There is no threat of direct Iranian retaliation against Israel.
Now let’s look deep in the
blast rubbletea leaves, and do some real fanciful speculation:1. Israel feels emboldened enough to do this as they anticipate a Trump victory, and hence stronger support.
2. Iran declines to escalate because they anticipate a Trump victory, and hence stronger support for Israel.
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This is just my strong morning coffee talkin’ – I’m curious to see what everyone else thinks.
Or, escalate a little more and count on a Harris win. No risk to them either way.
This strike also serves as a big ass warning to Iran: yeah we can take out pretty much whomever we want in your country, even within your capital.
and most media is phrasing this against israel as the creator of the terror and that any more pain will be due to israels actions
lefty is a sick f
how long until the omarians launch something AGAIN within america???
There is some reporting that during an airstrike in Damascus a few hours ago, Amir Ali Hajizadeh, Commander of the IRGC Aerospace Forces, was also assassinated. Damascus had refuted any kind of airstrike in the city. But, those statements were viewed skeptically as multiple videos of a blast began to surface on social media.
BTW, this is the guy who, on several occasions, threatened to kill Trump & Pompeo.
https://www.iranintl.com/en/202302253637
Now they need to get Khaled Mashaal and Mousa abu Marzouk. And i hope they can also get Nasrallah.
And dare I dream they can get Khamenei? Or that bastard who took over the IRGC after Soleimani?
Hamas leader with homes in Qatar and Tehran?
And we are supposed to believe that the people of Gaza are the poor underdogs?
Well, maybe they are poor because their leaders rob then blind!
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” touchable ”
no noise, no fanfare, no leaks–just results
the mullahs and the finance boys ( in iran and elsewhere ) should be next