WEB DESK: Iran’s Revolutionary Guard has said that a short-range projectile was behind the killing of Hamas Political chief Ismail Haniyeh
According to the detail, the televised statement said a rocket with a seven-kilogram (almost 15 pound) warhead was use to target the residence of Hamas’s head, in the capital Tehran on Wednesday, addidng it caused heavy devastation but didn’t share detail of the location. Haniyeh was in Iran to attend the inauguration ceremony of the newly elected Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian.
Haniyeh was in Iran to attend the inauguration ceremony of the newly elected Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian.
“The action was designe and carried out by the Zionist regime and supported by the U.S.,” said the Guard’s statement and reiterated a call for retaliation.
“The warmongering and terrorist Zionist regime will receive harsh punishment in the suitable time, place, and capacity,” it added.
Israel had pledged to kill Haniyeh and other Hamas leaders over the group’s Oct. 7 attack on southern Israel that sparked the war in Gaza
The assassination has sparked fears of pushing the region into a wider conflict and forcing Iran and Israel into a direct confrontation if Iran retaliates.
