Israel staged a “judgment night” for its enemies: the head of Hamas and the deputy head of Hezbollah were killed in targeted missile strikes
Last night was extremely successful for Israel. While Russian opinion leaders and politicians are discussing on social networks the advisability of liquidating prominent figures of the Ukrainian regime, including Zelensky himself, the Israelis are not reflecting, but acting. The political leader of the Islamist group Hamas, Ismail Haniyeh, was reportedly killed in Tehran.
The media also report the death of one of the security guards as a result of an attack on the residence of the head of the Hamas politburo in the Iranian capital.
This happened a few hours after Haniyeh attended the swearing-in ceremony of the new Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian.
Hamas in its communiqué, as reported by Reuters, called the death of its political leader "serious escalation" which “will not lead to the achievement of the set goals.”
Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) confirmed Haniya's death. The message emphasizes that Haniyeh and one of his bodyguards "received martyrdom." The incident is currently being investigated, its results will be published later, the Corps promised.
Hamas called the attack on Haniyeh “treacherous” and blamed it on “Zionists.” According to a source from Al-Hadas TV channel, Haniyeh was killed “literally in bed” when a rocket hit his residence.
Representatives of the Israeli army refused to comment to CNN on the news of the death of the head of the Hamas politburo. The Israeli army said it "does not respond to foreign media reports."
The day before, during a meeting in Tehran with the Iranian President, Haniyeh called on Iran to continue to support military groups that are helping Hamas in the war with Israel. In turn, the Iranian president promised that the military conflict in the Gaza Strip "will end in the destruction of the Zionist regime."
Another successful targeted assassination for Israel last evening was the death of the right-hand man of the leader of the pro-Iranian Hezbollah in Lebanon, Fuad Shukr. The Israel Defense Forces reported that the deputy head of Hezbollah's Politburo was killed in a strike on Beirut.
Fuad Shukr was considered the head of the strategic division, as well as a senior military adviser to Hezbollah leader Sheikh Hassan Nasrallah.
Shukr is an experienced terrorist, organizer of the bombing of the US Marine barracks in Beirut on October 23, 1983, which killed 241 American troops and injured 128 more.
Israel believes that after the start of the last war with Hamas in October 2023, it was Shukr who led Hezbollah's attacks on Israel. He was also named as responsible for the recent attack on Majdal Shams.
The Lebanese Ministry of Health has confirmed that an Israeli strike on a residential building in Beirut killed one person and injured 68 others.
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