Hamas Leader Was Killed In Tehran Attack

The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps of Iran announced in a statement on Wednesday that Ismail Haniya, the political bureau leader of the Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas), and a bodyguard were killed in an attack in Tehran, the capital of Iran.

The Public Relations Department of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard said in the statement that the attack occurred in the early hours of Wednesday and added that an investigation into the cause of the incident is underway.

Hamas also issued a statement saying that its leader Ismail Haniya was killed in an Israeli airstrike at his residence in Tehran, the capital of Iran.

Senior Hamas member Sami Abu Zuhri said on July 31 that Hamas is an institution and an ideology that will not be affected by the assassination of any leader. He stated that Hamas is waging an open war to liberate Jerusalem and is ready to pay any price.

A White House spokesperson said that the White House has seen reports of the killing of Hamas leader Ismail Haniya in Iran but refused to comment immediately. Meanwhile, the Israeli military refused to comment on Haniya's death.

Since the outbreak of a new round of Palestinian-Israeli conflict on October 7 last year, the Israeli side has repeatedly vowed to kill the Hamas leadership. Haniya was born in a refugee camp near Gaza City in 1962. In 1987, Haniya entered the Islamic University of Gaza to study Arabic literature, where he became an active member of the student movement in this school with strong religious radical forces. In the same year he enrolled, Hamas was established in Gaza. In 1989, Israel declared Hamas an illegal organization.

On February 21, 2006, Haniya was appointed the Prime Minister of Palestine but was unilaterally dismissed on June 14, 2007.

It is worth mentioning that Haniya has been living in Qatar recently, and the purpose of his visit to Tehran this time was to attend the inauguration ceremony of the new Iranian president. Just earlier on Tuesday, Haniya had just attended the inauguration ceremony of the new Iranian president and met with the Supreme Leader of Iran.

After the news of Haniya's death in the attack spread, the international gold price quickly jumped more than $10 in midday trading, reaching a one-week high of $2,418.41.

The international oil price also expanded its gains in the Asian trading session. U.S. WTI crude oil rose by 1.49% in the latest trading, trading near $75.85 a barrel; the increase in Brent crude oil also expanded to 1.33%, trading at the latest near $79.11 a barrel.

In fact, in recent days, the geopolitical tensions in the Middle East have shown signs of rapidly heating up.

The confrontation between Israel and Hezbollah in Lebanon is escalating and may expand into a broader regional war, while Hamas continues to fight with the Israeli military in Gaza.

Just a few hours before Haniya was killed, in retaliation for the attack on the Golan Heights last Saturday, the Israeli military launched an airstrike on Beirut, the capital of Lebanon, at dusk on July 30, targeting a Hezbollah commander.

According to Israeli media reports, the target of the Israeli military airstrike was Hezbollah military commander Fuad Shukr, who is a senior adviser to Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah. The Israeli military quickly admitted to the attack and quickly signaled that it was only a limited attack and did not seek to launch a full-scale war in Lebanon.

The Israeli military said that Shukr was killed, but some local news organizations claimed that he was still alive.

Just before the explosion in southern Beirut, the Israeli military confirmed that Hezbollah forces fired about 15 rockets into the Upper Galilee region of Israel and launched several attack drones into other areas in the north, causing no casualties but triggering fires in various places. In addition to the airstrike, the Israeli military used long-range artillery to strike targets inside Lebanon.

On the earlier date, July 27, a football field in the Golan Heights occupied by Israel was attacked by a rocket, resulting in the death of 12 children and adolescents and injuring 44 people. This is also the largest casualty attack in the Israeli-controlled area since the outbreak of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict. Israel accused Hezbollah of launching the attack and said it would launch a retaliatory attack, but Hezbollah denied it.