The leader of the Palestinian group Hamas, Ismail Haniyeh, was killed on July 31, 2024, in Tehran, the capital of Iran.
He was killed during an “Israeli raid” on his residence, according to a statement from the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.
Haniyeh and one of his bodyguards were killed. CNN reports that Hamas said Haniyeh was killed in an “Israeli raid” on his residence after attending the inauguration of the Iranian president.
Haniyeh, 62, is known to have been a longtime political leader of Hamas. He was identified as a member of the secretive “collective leadership” in 2004 and became prime minister of the Palestinian Authority in 2006. He took over the group in 2017 and was soon after designated a “specially designated global terrorist” by the United States.
Haniyeh took part in peace talks with former US President Jimmy Carter and met with other world leaders, including the Emir of Qatar and a Chinese diplomat.
Israeli airstrikes in April killed three of Haniyeh's sons and four of his grandchildren.
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