Hamas political chief Ismail Haniyeh was killed earlier this week by a \u201cshort-range projectile\u201d launched from outside his residence in Tehran, Iran\u2019s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has said. In a statement issued on Saturday, the IRGC said that based on investigations conducted so far, the attack against Haniyeh \u201cwas carried out by firing a short-range projectile carrying about 7kg [15.4lb] of explosive materials and launched from outside the guests residency\u201d. It added that Israel will receive \u201ca harsh punishment in due time and place\u201d for Haniyeh\u2019s assassination, which, it said, was \u201csupported by the criminal government\u201d of the United States. Israel has neither confirmed nor denied a role, while the US has said it \u201cwas not aware of or involved in\u201d Haniyeh\u2019s killing that threatens to plunge the Middle East into further conflict amid Israel\u2019s relentless war on the Gaza Strip. The Palestinian leader and his bodyguard were killed in an Iranian government guest house in Tehran in the early hours of Wednesday. The head of Hamas\u2019s political bureau had gone to the Iranian capital to attend the inauguration of Iran\u2019s newly elected Masoud Pezeshkian. On Friday, thousands of people attended Haniyeh\u2019s funeral prayer at a mosque in Qatar\u2019s capital, Doha, where the Hamas chief had lived along with members of the group\u2019s political office. His assassination came hours after top Hezbollah commander Fuad Shukr was killed in an Israeli air attack on a the southern suburbs of Lebanon\u2019s capital, Beirut.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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