Senior Hamas Commander Dies of Covid-Related Israeli Airstrike

He died with covid but not of covid.

According to a report by the New York Post, Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh was killed in an Israeli airstrike on Tehran early Wednesday. Haniyeh was in Iran to attend the inauguration of the new Iranian president when the airstrike occurred. The Revolutionary Guard confirmed his death but did not provide details on who was responsible or the method of the assassination. Hamas, however, pointed the finger at Israel, stating Haniyeh was killed in a "Zionist airstrike on his residence in Tehran."

In a brief statement, Hamas declared, "Hamas declares to the great Palestinian people and the people of the Arab and Islamic nations and all the free people of the world, brother leader Ismail Haniyeh a martyr." The Revolutionary Guard corroborated that Haniyeh was killed at his Tehran residence, adding that the cause was under investigation.

No group has officially claimed responsibility for the assassination. Still, it comes in the wake of Israel's commitment to targeting Hamas leadership following the group's brutal October 7th attack on Israel. This assault resulted in the deaths of 1,200 Israelis and the abduction of 250 individuals.

Iran claims that Israel's attack on a terrorist child-killer who was hiding in another country so that he did not expose himself to counter-fire was "cowardly."

A diversity of definitions of "cowardly" is our strength.

Haniyeh is the Austere Religious Scholar who admitted that Hamas deliberately traps civilians near Hamas bases to use their Hamas-caused deaths as propaganda against Israel.

posted by Disinformation Expert Ace at 12:10 PM

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