Israel has confirmed that its navy killed Ismail Haniyeh, the previous Hamas political chief, in Tehran earlier this yr. The assassination was revealed by Defence Minister Israel Katz, who additionally issued a warning to Yemen’s Houthi rebels, stating that their management might face the same destiny.
“We’ll strike exhausting on the Houthis… and decapitate their management – simply as we did with Haniyeh, [Yahya] Sinwar, and [Hassan] Nasrallah in Tehran, Gaza, and Lebanon,” Katz stated, based on The Guardian.
Haniyeh, recognized for main Hamas’s negotiation efforts for a ceasefire in Gaza, was killed on July 31 in a guesthouse in Tehran. Studies point out that an explosive machine, planted by Israeli operatives weeks earlier, was used within the assassination.
A senior Hamas official condemned the killing, calling it a “cowardly act that won’t go unpunished.” Mediators from Qatar and Egypt warned that the act would delay ceasefire negotiations and talks on the discharge of hostages held in Gaza.
The Iranian-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen have been launching missile and drone assaults on Israel as acts of solidarity with Palestinians in Gaza. These assaults have included a missile strike on Tel Aviv on Saturday that injured at the very least 16 individuals.
Israel has responded with three rounds of airstrikes in Yemen through the ongoing conflict and has vowed to extend stress on the Houthis till the assaults stop.
The Guardian additionally reported that Haniyeh’s assassination follows the killing of different key leaders, together with Hezbollah’s Hassan Nasrallah in Beirut on 27 September and Hamas’s Yahya Sinwar in Gaza on 16 October.
Sinwar was accused of masterminding the October 7, 2023, Hamas assault on Israel, which triggered the present battle in Gaza.
(with inputs from The Guardian)
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