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Hamas – a Palestinian militant group which controls Gaza – claims its leader, Ismail Haniyeh, was killed via an air strike while staying inUsually based between Qatar and Turkey, Haniyeh was in Tehran to attend the inauguration of Iran’s president Masoud Pezeshkian.
In a statement, the organisation claimed: “The Islamic Resistance Movement Hamas mourns to our great Palestinian people, to the Arab and Islamic nation, and to all the free people of the world.”How has Israel responded?The Israel Defence Force has also toldHowever, Israel has been calling for the elimination of Hamas’s leaders since the October 7 attacks, when the militants killed 1,200 people in Israel and took hundreds hostage.on X that Haniyeh’s death “makes the world a better place”.
A professor of Middle Eastern Studies at Georgetown University, Nader Hashemi, told the BBC: “This is a major development. His death means this will likely grind to a halt, especially as Hamas will be focused on trying to find Haniyeh’s replacement.Hamas has also vowed to avenge Haniyeh’s death, calling it a “cowardly act that will not go unpunished”.
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