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Hamas rejects false claims by Israeli media about Haniyeh’s assassination

Sunday, 29 December 2024 3:27 PM [ Last Update: Sunday, 29 December 2024 3:27 PM ]

Ismail Haniyeh, former head of the political bureau of the Palestinian resistance movement Hamas.

The Palestinian resistance movement Hamas has rejected “baseless” Israeli media claims regarding the details of the assassination of its former political bureau chief Ismail Haniyeh in the Iranian capital Tehran.

Hamas made the remarks in a statement on Sunday, a day after Israel’s Channel 12 claimed that Haniyeh’s assassination was carried out with a "precision bomb" placed inside his room and controlled remotely.

Hamas rejected "all the lies" of the Zionist regime that were published, regarding what it claimed were the details of the assassination operation of Martyr Ismail Haniyeh, the statement said.

The resistance group also noted that joint investigations with Iranian security agencies revealed the operation was carried out using a 7.5-kilogram guided missile that directly targeted Haniyeh's mobile phone.

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It further stated that the Israeli regime’s claim is “merely a desperate attempt to divert attention from the complex crime that was committed by violating the sovereignty of the Islamic Republic of Iran with a missile that targeted one of the country’s official headquarters.”

According to Israel's Channel 12, preparations for the operation included meticulous surveillance of Haniyeh's movements to ensure that he stayed in a specific room on multiple occasions.

The report said the operation faced a major challenge when the air conditioning in Haniyeh's room malfunctioned, raising the possibility that he would be moved to another location.

However, a maintenance team resolved the issue, allowing the plan to proceed, the report claimed.

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Haniyeh was assassinated on July 31 after the regime carried out a targeted killing operation against him in Tehran.

The Palestinian resistance leader was in Tehran to attend the inauguration ceremony of Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian.

The Israeli regime also assassinated Haniyeh’s successor, Yahya Sinwar, in another attack in the Gaza Strip in October and staged a targeted killing strike against Beirut in September that resulted in the assassination of Hezbollah chief Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah.

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