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Haniyeh killed while staying at special residence for war vets

Palestinian Islamic Jihad leader Ziyad al-Nakhaleh was reportedly in the building where Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh was staying, on a different floor.

Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh arrives to participate in the swearing in ceremony for the new Iranian President, Masoud Pezeshkian, at the parliament in Tehran on July 30, 2024. Photo by Saman/Middle East Images/AFP via Getty Images.
Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh arrives to participate in the swearing in ceremony for the new Iranian President, Masoud Pezeshkian, at the parliament in Tehran on July 30, 2024. Photo by Saman/Middle East Images/AFP via Getty Images.

Iranian media reported that Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh was staying at a special residence for war veterans in the north of Tehran, “when he was martyred by an air-launched missile,” according to the semi-official Fars news agency.

Haniyeh and one of his bodyguards were reportedly killed by a missile in his Tehran guest house at 2 a.m. local time.

An Iranian source told the Lebanese Al-Mayadeen network, which is affiliated with Hezbollah, that the strike “was carried out by means of a missile launched from country to country, not from within Iran.”

Qatari news outlet AlAraby Al-Jadeed, citing informed sources, reported that Palestinian Islamic Jihad leader Ziyad al-Nakhaleh was in the building where Haniyeh was staying, on a different floor.

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