WANA (July 31) – The Public Relations of the IRGC announced in a statement that Ismail Haniyeh, the head of the political bureau of Hamas, and one of his guards were assassinated after their residence in Tehran was hit.

 

The Public Relations of the IRGC announced in a statement: Dr. Ismail Haniyeh, the head of the political bureau of Hamas, and one of his guards were assassinatedafter their residence in Tehran was hit.

 

The statement reads as follows:

 

In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful

 

Verily we belong to Allah, and verily to Him do we return.

 

We extend our condolences to the heroic people of Palestine, the Islamic Ummah, the fighters of the Resistance Front, and the honorable people of Iran. Early this morning (Wednesday), the residence of Dr. Ismail Haniyeh, the head of the political bureau of Hamas, in Tehran was hit. As a result, he and one of his guards were martyred.

 

The cause and dimensions of this incident are under investigation, and the results will be announced subsequently.

 

Public Relations of the IRGC.