Israel has been accused of killing Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh in a strike on Iran overnight. No one has claimed responsibility for the attack but Hamas said Haniyeh was ‘killed in a treacherous Zionist raid’ and vowed revenge. If indeed Israel did target Haniyeh in his Tehran residence it could mark a major escalation in the conflict. Iran will be humiliated that, even in the heart of its capital, Haniyeh was not safe.
Hamas said Haniyeh was ‘killed in a treacherous Zionist raid’
Israel is yet to respond or issue a statement, but the country did say that it carried out a separate strike on Beirut yesterday in response to a Hezbollah rocket attack in the Golan Heights in which 12 children died. The Israeli airforce bombed a building at the heart of Hezbollah’s neighbourhood in Beirut. The target was Fuad Shukr – Hezbollah’s number two, and the closest man to leader Hassan Nasrallah.
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