BREAKING: Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh assassinated by Israeli strike, Hamas says | LiveNOW from FOX

Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh was assassinated in Tehran on Wednesday, Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard shared.

Israel has vowed to kill Haniyeh and other leaders of Hamas over the group’s Oct. 7 attack on Israel that killed 1,200 people and saw some 250 others taken hostage.

An Israeli military spokesman did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Israel often doesn’t when it comes to assassinations carried out by their Mossad intelligence agency.

Hamas said Haniyeh was killed "in a Zionist airstrike on his residence in Tehran after he participated in the inauguration of Iran’s new president."

Haniyeh left the Gaza Strip in 2019 and had lived in exile in Qatar. The top Hamas leader in Gaza is Yahya Sinwar, who masterminded the Oct. 7 attack.

Haniyeh was in Tehran to attend Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian’s swearing-in ceremony. Iran gave no details on how Haniyeh was killed, and the Guard said the attack was under investigation.

There was no immediate reaction from the White House. The apparent assassination comes as the Biden administration has tried to push Hamas and Israel to agree to at least a temporary cease-fire and hostage-release deal.

CIA Director Bill Burns was in Rome on Sunday to meet with senior Israel, Qatari and Egyptian officials in the latest round of talks. Separately, Brett McGurk, the White House Coordinator for the Middle East and North Africa, is in the region for talks with U.S. partners.

About 12 hours earlier, Israeli intelligence also top Hezbollah commander Fuad Shukry.

Dr. Alon Burstein joins LiveNOW's Austin Westfall to break down the latest in the Middle East.

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[markanderson]

The world is a better place without Ismail Haniyeh among us.

[chrismoody]

Sinwar is next. It’s painfully obvious Israel is not to be messed with. Iran needs to back down the rhetoric and saber rattling. Let Israel live in peace.

[CCLow-jrum]

If Israel is involved it only shows one thing - Israel can strike anywhere and anyone in Iran at any time. It is only a question of whether a decision has been made.

[jastrapper]

Iran just got humiliated… again. The world spits on them… as they cry like a little girl. Impotent.

[MoonShadow]

That Hamas chief was the Hamas Leader who was cowering in Qatar which was considered untouchable by Israel. Once he visited Iran for the inauguration of the new Iran President, Israel got to him and he can no longer sit in an air conditioned room in an easy chair sipping champagne and eating peeled grapes.

[WintaKidane-xvei]

The answer is, , don't mess with Israel 🇮🇱

[maryannhangsitang]

Philippines supports Israel 🇮🇱 ❤️ 💖 all the way. Prayers up for the people of Israel and Ukraine 🇺🇦 🙏

[Ddgfdsss]

Don't mess with Israel they not playing around amazing

[jakestadtner]

Rashida Tlaib and Ilhan Omar were seen crying after hearing the news

[TitanMoon]

Israel literally fired a missile into Tehran undetected. Good luck to Iran's nuclear facilities when Israel decides to take those out.

[MF_DOOMer]

He'll be fine. He loved Death in his own words.

[coachj.f.]

Not "assassinated".
Neutralized.

[SY-uvxf]

So Nantayahu is right not to cease fire until the top echelon is eliminated. Way to go Bibi.

[Jenny-wf]

YOU SHOULD NOT MESS WITH ISRAEL. MAY GOD BE WITH ISRAEL

[beningbirthmarak]

Israel is God's chosen Nation, never play with Israel. 💪🏻

[sloopjb]

The moral of the story is this: you don’t mess with Israel 🇮🇱

[Lighthousefamily]

Mossad can reach any one, any time, anywhere 🇮🇱🇮🇱🇮🇱

[MethosTR]

Shukri and Haniyeh dead within 24 hours. Wow, Israel isn't playing now.

Sinwar, Nasrallah and Khamenei next?

[yowhu]

An airstrike in Tehran??? Now that's BALLS right there😮😂😂

[YosephKlemensMau]

What a shocked news ! Do not mess up wirh the tiny country called Israel