A collateral casualty of the Hamas war can immediately be pronounced a “shahid.” However, overnight the Israelis mad a martyr of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh. This was a direct hit targeting the Vomit.
The hit was reminiscent of the Israeli smoking of Sheikh Ahmed Yassin.
Although wheelchair bound, Yassin posed an immediate threat to Israel. Cremated by an Israeli missile eliminated that threat. Yassin, the co-founder of Hamas was responsible for many suicide bombing.
Target killings put the leaders the world terrorist organizations on notice that they are always in the sights of their enemies. Could Iran’s Ayatollah be next on the hit list?
“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 Ismail Haniyeh a martyr,” the brief statement read.”
Reports said he was last seen taking a magic carpet ride whizzing and waving on his way to his master Allah. Good riddance to him. Apparently he was the subject of an Israeli missile which zeroed in on him while he was celebrating the new Iranian presidential inauguration from his home base in Tehran.
As the Middle East reels from the assassination of Hamas political leader Ismail Haniyeh, leaders have begun weighing in — with some condemning the killing and voicing alarm that it could escalate the regional conflict. Chicken shits like him never see the front, they take solace in more peaceful environments such as Tehran.
Hamas leader killed in Tehran by Israeli airstrike as Iran supreme leader vows revenge, terror group says
Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh was killed in Iran by what the terrorist group said was an airstrike carried out by Israel early Wednesday morning as Iran’s Supreme Leader has vowed revenge.
Haniyeh, who was one of the most senior Hamas officials, was in Tehran to attend the inauguration ceremony of Iran’s new president when he was killed, Iran’s Revolutionary Guards announced.
The Revolutionary Guards did not comment on how or who killed Haniyeh, but Hamas pointed the finger at Israel, stating the leader was killed “in a Zionist airstrike on his residence in Tehran after he participated in the inauguration of Iran’s new president.”
Here’s what they have said:
- Palestinian leaders: Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas has condemned the killing, as has Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammad Mustafa. The secretary general of the Executive Committee of the Palestine Liberation Organization, Hussein Al-Sheikh, also denounced it.
- United States: The White House has seen the reports of Haniyeh’s killing, a spokesperson said, but declined to immediately comment further. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said he does not think war in the Middle East is inevitable, but if Israel were to be attacked, the US would help defend it.
- Qatar: Qatar, which hosts the political bureau of Hamas that Haniyeh led, called Haniyeh’s killing a “heinous crime” and a “dangerous escalation”.
- China: Beijing “firmly opposes and condemns the assassination” of Haniyeh, foreign ministry spokesperson Lin Jian said, adding that “Gaza should achieve a comprehensive and permanent ceasefire as soon as possible to avoid further escalation of conflicts and confrontations.”
- Turkey: President Recep Tayyip Erdogan strongly condemned the killing, which he called a “treacherous assassination” and “despicable act.” He appeared to blame Israel in a statement in which he said “Zionist barbarism will not be able to achieve its goals now as it has failed to before.” The president added that Turkey will continue to support the Palestinian people.
- Russia: Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov called Haniyeh’s killing “an absolutely unacceptable political assassination” while the foreign ministry warned of “dangerous consequences for the entire region,” urging state actors to “exercise restraint.”
- Houthis: Mohamed Ali al-Houthi, a top official of the Iran-backed militant group in Yemen, has called the killing a “flagrant violation of laws and ideal values.”
- Hezbollah: The Iran-backed Lebanese militant group said they share “feelings of pain” and extend their “deepest condolences” to Hamas over the killing of Haniyeh, who they described as “one of the great resistance leaders of our present era.”
This post has been updated with more reaction to the death of Haniyeh.