Israel assassinated Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh using an explosive device smuggled into Iran weeks ago, according to US media reports that cited both Middle East and US officials. Haniyeh was saying in a guesthouse he had used more than once before.
The bomb was detonated on Wednesday, after Haniyeh had returned to his room after attending an Iranian presidential event. Both the Iranian government and Hamas have have said they will take revenge on Israel. The US claims Israel only briefed it after the assassination was completed. According to Reuters, Hamas, Hezbollah, Islamic Jihad, Houthis, and Iraqi groups met in Iran today to discuss their response to Israel’s actions.
Thousands attended a funeral procession held today for Haniyeh by the Iranian government. His body will be interred on Friday near his home in Qatar.
SKWAWKBOX needs your help. The site is provided free of charge but depends on the support of its readers to be viable. If you’d like to help it keep revealing the news as it is and not what the Establishment wants you to hear – and can afford to without hardship – please click here to arrange a one-off or modest monthly donation via PayPal or here to set up a monthly donation via GoCardless (SKWAWKBOX will contact you to confirm the GoCardless amount). Thanks for your solidarity so SKWAWKBOX can keep doing its job.
If you wish to republish this post for non-commercial use, you are welcome to do so – see here for more.
Keep digging, Bibi!
The odds on him being the next assassination target are shortening with each such provocation…