Ismail Haniyeh led Hamas in the Gaza Strip for over a decade. The group said he was killed in Tehran after participating in the inauguration of Iran’s new president.
Israel was officially mum on reports from Tehran early Wednesday, which immediately raised suspicions — or assumptions — that Israel was behind the reported killing of Ismail Haniyeh, Hamas’s top political leader. Military public information groups posted only routine notices of events unrelated to Haniyeh. An Israel Defense Forces spokesperson declined to address questions on the topic.
The nondenial silence is in keeping with Israel’s posture following high-profile strikes and assassinations around the region, including operations inside Iran. The country has long maintained a posture of “strategic ambiguity” that allows it to avoid claiming official responsibility for extrajudicial operations while getting credit for delivering a blow to its enemies.
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