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Haniyeh is the second leader of the Iran-backed militant group to be killed in recent days. His death represents a significant blow to Hamas, eliminating its most public figure who ran the group's political operations while living abroad.
The killing of Hamas political leader Ismail Haniya is the first major Israeli operation since October 7, says CNN political analyst Barak Ravid.
Although Haniya is not militarily important, he is responsible for the group's international relations and is the main negotiator with Egyptian and Qatari mediators on the hostage deal and the Gaza ceasefire.
"His assassination will have a significant impact on these negotiations," he said.
The Israeli government considers Haniya to be one of those responsible for the October 7 Hamas attack, and Israeli authorities have vowed to eliminate the group.
Ismail Haniya's death sends "a very strong message," said analyst Matthew Levitt, a Fromer-Wexler senior fellow at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy.
Hamas said Haniya was killed in an Israeli "raid" on his residence in Tehran.
"I think the Israelis will succeed in making it clear that it will no longer be safe for the leaders of terrorist groups to roam freely and in countries that offer them a safe haven while promoting murder," Levitt said.
The death of Hamas political leader Haniya came just a day after Israel said its strike in Beirut killed Hezbollah's top military commander Fuad Shukr. A senior Lebanese government official told CNN that Soukr survived.
Iran has spent years investing in regional groups known informally as the Axis of Resistance - an anti-Israel and anti-Western alliance - supplying them with money, weapons and training as Tehran seeks to expand its influence in the Middle East. .
Levitt added that it was "a very bad day for the Islamic resistance and its axis" as Israel steps up its attacks on leaders of Iran-backed groups.
Iran's first reaction
Iran's Foreign Ministry spokesman Nasser Kanani said today that the blood of Hamas leader Ismail Haniya, who was killed earlier in Tehran, "will not go to waste."
"Haniya's testimony in Tehran will strengthen the deep and unbreakable bond" of Iran, Palestine "and the resistance," Mr. Kanaani said, according to Iranian state media.
Iran's Supreme National Security Council is holding an emergency meeting at the supreme leader's residence in case of an emergency, according to the New York Times. The commander of the Al-Quds Forces also participates in the meeting.
Israel's reaction
The Israeli army is currently on alert, following the assassination in Tehran of Hamas political leader Israel Haniya, for which the Palestinian organization blames Israel. In a post on X's account, Israeli army spokesman Daniel Hagari states that "there are no changes in the country's defense policy."
"For now, the IDF is assessing the situation. If any changes are made, we will immediately inform the public on the platforms of the IDF Command and the Home Front. You must be informed and act in accordance with the instructions of the Home Front Command", wrote Hagari.
It is noted that earlier, the Israeli military told CNN that they "do not respond to foreign media reports" after Iranian state media reported that Hamas political leader Ismail Haniya had been killed in Iran.
Israeli minister: "The world is better"
Meanwhile, Israel's far-right heritage minister Amithai Eliyahu said Haniya's death "makes the world a better place".
Eligiau starts the post on X, saying: "This is the right way to clean the world of this filth. No more imaginary peace-surrender agreements, no more mercy for them."
He also says that the "iron hand that will strike them" will "strengthen our ability to live in peace with those who desire peace."
Mahmoud Abbas, president of the Palestinian Authority and leader of Fatah, condemned today "strongly", in a press statement issued, the "cowardly murder" of the head of the Palestinian movement (Fatah's rival) Hamas, Ismail Haniya, who according to him. movement he was killed in a "Zionist raid" in Tehran.
The Arab world is "swelling"
Musa Abu Marzouk, a Hamas official, spoke of Israel's "cowardly action" which "will not go unpunished," reports the Al-Aqsa TV network, close to the movement.
Sami Abu Zohri, another Hamas official, speaking to the Reuters news agency, described the killing as a very serious escalation on the part of Israel, which assured it would not achieve its goals.
The killing comes at a particularly difficult time for the Middle East, with escalating confrontations between Israel and Hezbollah threatening to escalate into a wider regional war and as Hamas continues to battle the Israeli army in Gaza amid an unfolding and catastrophic humanitarian crisis. .
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