Hamas vows revenge after political leader Haniyeh assassinated in Tehran

Haniyeh “passed as a result of a treacherous Zionist raid,” the movement said in a statement on Wednesday.

“The Islamic Resistance Movement Hamas mourns the sons of our great Palestinian people, the Arab and Islamic nation, and all the free people of the world,” it said.

Mousa Abu Marzook, a member of Hamas’ political bureau, meanwhile, denounced the assassination as a “cowardly action” that would not go unanswered.

Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) had announced the development earlier, saying that the assassination targeting the Hamas’ leader’s residence in Tehran had also claimed the life of one of Haniyeh’s bodyguards.

Haniyeh was in Tehran to attend the inauguration ceremony of Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian.

The development came amid Hamas’ all-out efforts to defend Gaza against an ongoing genocidal war by the Israeli regime, and the movement’s participation in negotiations aimed at bringing about a truce to end the brutal military onslaught.