US Secretary of State Antony Blinken declared Wednesday that Washington was “not aware of or involved in” leader Ismail Haniyeh, head of the Political Bureau of Hamas’ killing.
Hamas confirmed the martyrdom of the Hamas leader, noting that the head of the political bureau was killed in a “treacherous Zionist airstrike on his residence in Tehran.”
Iran’s IRGC later said, “We are studying the dimensions of the martyrdom of Ismail Haniyeh, head of Hamas’ political bureau, and will announce the results of the investigation later.”
“It’s very hard to speculate, and I’ve learned over many years never to speculate on the impact one event may have on something else,” Blinken added.
He was replying to queries from Singaporean broadcaster CNA on how Haniyeh’s killing would affect Israel’s war on Gaza. Blinken emphasized the urgency of a ceasefire in the strip as the war rages for 10 months.
According to Iranian Mehr News, Haniyeh was targeted at around 2 am Tehran time while “stationed in one of the residences for war veterans in the north of Tehran,” detailing that he was martyred after “a projectile hit his place of residence.”
An Iranian source revealed to Al Mayadeen that the assassination of Hamas’ political bureau head Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran “was carried out by a missile launched from one country to another, not from within Iran.”
Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Nasser Kanaani confirmed that the relevant Iranian authorities are conducting “the necessary investigations to determine the dimensions and details of this incident.”
He said, “There is no doubt that the pure blood of this resistance fighter, who dedicated his life to resistance and honorable struggle against the usurping Zionist entity, and in the pursuit of liberating holy al-Quds and the Palestinian people, will not be in vain.”
source: AlMayadeen
