Hamas leader killed in Iran

Top Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh and one of his bodyguards were killed in an attack in Tehran on Wednesday. A statement by Hamas said an “Israeli strike" killed the Palestinian official, who is the political bureau chief of the outfit.

“Brother, leader, mujahid Ismail Haniyeh, the head of the movement, died in a Zionist strike on his headquarters in Tehran after he participated in the inauguration of the new (Iranian) president," read a statement by Hamas.