Israel has killed Hamas Chief Ismail Haniya. Haniya was targeted in a house in Tehran, the capital of Iran. Along with Hania, her bodyguard was also killed in the attack. Although Hamas Chief Ismail Haniya has been on Israel’s radar for a long time, but after the bloody attack by Hamas on October 7, 2023, Israel had intensified its efforts to eliminate him.
Israel’s hunger for revenge can be understood from the fact that it was keeping an eye on every activity of Ismail Haniya for the last 9 months. Now as soon as Israel got the opportunity, it killed Haniya. It is not that Ismail Haniya is the first member of that family to die in an Israeli attack. Even before this, Israel has killed many members of Haniya’s family in air strikes.
When was the target targeted?
1. In November 2023, one of Haniya’s granddaughters was killed in an Israeli airstrike in Gaza City. In November itself, his eldest grandson was killed in an Israeli attack.
2. On April 10, 2024, Hania’s 3 sons and 3 grandsons were killed in an Israeli air strike in the Gaza Strip.
3. On June 25, 2024, 10 members of Haniya’s family were killed in an Israeli airstrike on the al-Shati refugee camp.
Israel blew up the house
Let us tell you that Hamas Chief Ismail Haniya attended the swearing-in ceremony of Iran’s new President Masoud Pezeshkian on Tuesday (July 30). During this time, Hania also met Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. The very next day (Wednesday) i.e. early this morning, Israel blew up the house in which Ismail Haniya was staying. Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has issued a statement saying that the attack was targeted at Haniya’s hideout in Tehran. In this, along with the Hamas Chief, one of his bodyguard was also killed.
Haniya lived in Qatar
The headquarters of Hamas is in the Gaza Strip area. Till now the command of Hamas was in the hands of Ismail Haniya, who was its chairman. He took over this job as the successor of Khalid Meshaal from 2017. He lived in Doha, the capital of Qatar and looked after the work of Hamas from there. In fact, Egypt had banned his travel to Gaza.