CAIRO: Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh was killed in Iran's Tehran, the Palestinian militant group said on Wednesday (Jul 31). In a statement, the faction mourned the death of Haniyeh, who it said was killed in "a treacherous Zionist raid on his residence in Tehran".
CAIRO: Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh was killed in Iran's Tehran, the Palestinian militant group said on Wednesday .
Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas called the strike a"cowardly act and a serious escalation" and urged Palestinians to remain united against Israel. "The war has devastated Gaza, no mistake, but this also devastated Hamas as an organisation," added the political science lecturer from the University of Melbourne.
He was also central to Hamas' high-stakes negotiations and diplomacy, including the stalled ceasefire talks with Israel. While Hamas will want to make their anger over Haniyeh's death clear, it has a strong incentive to continue negotiations, Pratt noted.
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