{"id":2316424,"date":"2024-07-31T04:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-07-31T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hamas-chief-ismail-haniyeh-killed-in-iran-washington-examiner-2\/"},"modified":"2024-07-31T04:03:54","modified_gmt":"2024-07-31T08:03:54","slug":"hamas-chief-ismail-haniyeh-killed-in-iran-washington-examiner-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hamas-chief-ismail-haniyeh-killed-in-iran-washington-examiner-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh killed in Iran &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fhamas-chief-ismail-haniyeh-killed-in-iran-washington-examiner-2%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2316424&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Ismail Haniyeh, the chief of Hamas, was killed along with a bodyguard in Tehran, Iran, where he\u200c was attending the inauguration of Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian. Haniyeh, 62, had lived in Qatar during the ongoing Israel-Hamas conflict. His death was reported by the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps and confirmed by Hamas, who \u2063accused Israel of orchestrating the killing. In a statement on their Telegram channel, Hamas mourned Haniyeh, calling him a martyr and attributing his death to a &#8220;Zionist raid.&#8221; The assassination of Haniyeh marks\u2063 a significant event, as he is the\u200d second prominent \u200dMiddle Eastern leader associated with terrorism to be killed recently,\u200c following the elimination of Hezbollah commander\u200c Fu&#8217;ad Shukr \u200bby the Israeli Air Force. Haniyeh&#8217;s family had previously suffered losses as three of his \u200bsons and grandchildren were killed in an Israeli airstrike in April.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh killed in Iran<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1690681\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>The leader of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/hamas\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Hamas\">Hamas<\/a>, Ismail Haniyeh, was killed along with one of his bodyguards in Tehran, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/iran\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Iran\">Iran<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Haniyeh, 62, head of Hamas&rsquo;s Political Bureau, resided in Qatar throughout the Israel-Hamas war and was visiting Tehran for the inauguration of Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian. His death was announced by the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps and confirmed by Hamas in the early hours of Wednesday, local time. Hamas immediately blamed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/israel\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Israel\">Israel<\/a> for his death.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The Islamic Resistance Movement Hamas mourns the sons of our great Palestinian people, the Arab and Islamic nation, and all the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/arizona-legislature-introduces-first-in-nation-resolution-to-protect-against-democrat-court-packing\/\" title=\"Arizona Legislature Introduces First-In-Nation Resolution To Protect Against Democrat &#039;Court Packing&#039;\">free people<\/a> of the world: the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hamas-chief-ismail-haniyeh-killed-in-iran-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh, killed in Iran - Washington Examiner\">brother leader<\/a>, martyr, Mujahid Ismail Haniyeh, head of the movement, who was killed as a result of a Zionist raid,&rdquo; Hamas announced on its Telegram channel. &ldquo;He left his residence in Tehran, after participating in the inauguration ceremony of the new Iranian president. We belong to God and to Him we shall return, and indeed it is a jihad, victory or martyrdom of the Islamic Resistance Movement.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><strong><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Haniyeh is believed to be at least the second leader of one of the Middle East terrorist groups that Iran supports and has ties to, CNN <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2024\/07\/30\/middleeast\/hamas-political-leader-ismail-haniyeh-killed-intl-hnk\/index.html\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">reported<\/a>. On Tuesday, in Lebanon, Israel confirmed it killed Fu&rsquo;ad Shukr, one of &ldquo;Hezbollah&rsquo;s most senior military commanders.&rdquo; Among other terrorist acts, Shukr was also known as the mastermind behind the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/jewishchronicle.timesofisrael.com\/israel-kills-hezbollah-mastermind-behind-majdal-shams-attack-1983-beirut-bombing\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">1983 bombing<\/a> in Beirut, Lebanon, that killed 241 U.S. troops.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Today, July 30, 2024, in a targeted, intelligence-based elimination, Israeli Air Force fighter jets eliminated the Hezbollah terrorist organization&rsquo;s most <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/is-china-weak-or-just-pretending\/\" title=\"Is China truly weak or merely pretending\">senior military commander<\/a> and the head of its Strategic Unit, Fuad Shukr,&rdquo; Israel&rsquo;s military said in a <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.longwarjournal.org\/archives\/2024\/07\/israeli-airstrike-kills-top-lebanese-hezbollah-commander.php#:~:text=%E2%80%9CThe%20IDF%20announces%20today%20(Tuesday,in%20the%20area%20of%20Beirut.\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">statement<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In April, three of Haniyeh&rsquo;s sons and three of his grandchildren were <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/foreign-policy\/2960856\/three-sons-and-grandchildren-of-senior-hamas-leader-killed-in-israeli-airstrike\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">killed<\/a> in an Israeli airstrike. He claimed that 60 of his family members had been killed in the war since Oct. 7.<\/p>\n<p>Hamas sympathizers, Palestinian factions, and other pro-Palestinian supporters in the West Bank sought a response to Haniyeh&rsquo;s death. Organizers in the region encouraged people to engage in protests, marches, and a strike on Wednesday as a response, according to multiple reports.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The national and Islamic factions in Palestine announce a comprehensive strike and anger marches&nbsp;to (protest) the assassination of the great national leader Ismail Haniyeh, which came in the framework of Zionist state terrorism and its war of extermination,&rdquo; read a <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.barrons.com\/news\/palestinian-factions-call-for-general-strike-marches-after-haniyeh-killing-2c16a3f9?refsec=topics_afp-news\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">statement<\/a> from Palestinian factions.<\/p>\n<p>Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian released a statement in response to the strike, the <em>Times of Israel<\/em> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.timesofisrael.com\/liveblog-july-31-2024\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">reported<\/a>. He announced that his country would &ldquo;defend its territorial integrity, dignity, honor, and pride, and will make the terrorist occupiers regret their cowardly act.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1690681\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1690681\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh was killed in Tehran, Iran, along with one of his bodyguards. At 62 years old, Haniyeh was the head of Hamas&#8217;s Political Bureau and had been living in Qatar during the Israel-Hamas conflict. He was in Tehran to attend the inauguration of Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian when he died. The Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps reported his death, which Hamas confirmed early Wednesday local time. In response, Hamas accused Israel of being responsible for his killing. They expressed their condolences on Telegram, referring to Haniyeh as a martyr and stating that he died following a &#8220;Zionist raid&#8221; after leaving the inauguration ceremony. This incident marks at least the second high-profile elimination of a leader from an Iran-supported terrorist group; earlier on Tuesday, Israel confirmed it had killed Fu\u2019ad Shukr, a senior military commander of Hezbollah in Lebanon. Shukr was known for orchestrating various attacks including the 1983 Beirut bombing that resulted in 241 U.S. military deaths. Following Haniyeh&#8217;s death, protests and strikes were organized by Palestinian factions and supporters across the West Bank as an act of defiance against what they termed &#8220;Zionist state terrorism.&#8221; Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian vowed to defend Iran\u2019s integrity and retaliate against those responsible for Haniyeh\u2019s assassination<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3331,"featured_media":2316425,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/AP24103537548442-1024x683.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[13022,3823,36737,4133,32076],"class_list":["post-2316424","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-hamas","tag-iran","tag-ismail-haniyeh","tag-news","tag-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/AP24103537548442-1024x683.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2316424","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3331"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2316424"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2316424\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2316425"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2316424"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2316424"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2316424"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}