Ismail Haniyeh: Assassinated by advanced bomb planted two months ago in Tehran guesthouse

The leader of Hamas, Ismail Haniyeh, was killed this week by a sophisticated, remote-controlled bomb that had been smuggled into the guesthouse where he was staying in Tehran, rather than by a missile as widely reported, according to the New York Times

According to the report, which cites seven Middle Eastern officials, including two Iranians and one American official, the explosive device was secretly brought into the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) building in Tehran approximately two months ago.

Iranian officials, who are members of the IRGC, say the precision of the strike resembled the remote-controlled machine gun used by a Mossad team to kill top Iranian nuclear scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh in 2020.

• The New York Times: Ismail Haniyeh was killed by an explosive device that was secretly smuggled into the guest house in Tehran where he was staying.

• The bomb was hidden about two months ago in the guest house that is managed and protected by the Revolutionary Guard Corps… pic.twitter.com/d4oCVw1YoC
— Amichai Stein (@AmichaiStein1) August 1, 2024

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