Top Hamas political leader Ismail Haniyeh assassinated in Tehran | DW News

Ismail Haniyeh, Hamas' top political leader, has been assassinated in Tehran, Iran. According to a Hamas statement, Haniyeh "died as a result of a treacherous Zionist raid on his residence in Tehran," where he had been attending the inauguration of Iranian president Masoud Pezeshkian. Iran's paramilitary guard, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, confirmed Haniyeh had been targeted and killed at his residence in Tehran, along with his bodyguards. Earlier in April, an Israeli strike killed three of Haniyeh's sons in Gaza.

Chapter Breakdown:
0:00 DW's Alyona Murashova discusses initial details of Haniyeh's killing
2:07 Benham Ben Taleblu, senior fellow at neoconservative think tank Foundation for the Defense of Democracies, lays out how Iran might respond to Haniyeh's assassination
10:15 DW's Rebecca Ritters in Jerusalem reports on initial reactions to Haniyeh's killing

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[Terratiger]

Looks like MOSSAD has a lot of friends and admirers in Iran.

[sockhal]

That's quite an embarrassment for Iran.

[andycanoy]

Big embarrassment for Iran. It means the Ayatollahs are easy targets for IAF.

[oraschannel]

BBC lost a friend

My sincere condolence to all of BBC🥀

[wemadeitpodcast]

Thats so embarrassing for Hamas and Iran

[NoExpertHere]

His son was killed couple of months ago, now He has been.

[Jeanne]

Haniyeh had billions from his 20% "tax" on everything coming into Gaza through the tunnels and lived lavishly in Qatar

[borisreljanovic]

BBC, Al Jazeera, all the leftists and students from Harvard are having a serious meltdown right now...

[justayoutuber]

Lesson to be learned: Don't kick the sleeping tiger

[Michaeltoddzz]

No tears for terrorists, remember common sense people

[nicholasborrego]

Iran will definitely have nothing to say about this

[Origin-sd]

The Iranian president died in a helicopter crash.

The top commander of Hezbollah died in a bombing in Beirut.

The de facto leader of Hamas was assassinated in Iran.

Hamas was almost wiped out.... The de facto leader was also dead....

[Dilley_G]

You don't need to be an Israel supporter to feel like....the world lost nothing

[ngatupomani]

Iran did it! He was punished for failure of hamas in gaza.

[gottfriedvonbeutelratte]

Danke für diese erfreuliche Nachricht! Heute ist ein sehr schöner und denkwürdiger Tag! Ich danke allen Personen, die diesen Einsatz vorbereitet, geplant und durchgeführt haben! Ich wünsche diesen Personen ein sehr langes, sehr schönes und erfülltes Leben!

Grüße aus Wien/Österreich

[ek]

Don't kick a crocodile and then cry when it rips off your leg

[juanlowy]

Terror leader not political leader !!!

[andrewgordon]

Good! That man condemned his people when he committed the atrocities on Oct 7th. This conflict has been atrocious on both sides but I will remember who instigated it first. What a mess!

[anthonymartinez]

He lived in Iran what a shocker. Enjoy paradise who’s next on the list?

[Alexx_]

How do you know it was Israel? He has a lot of enemies within Iran