Hamas leader killed in Iran

Hamas has said its leader Ismail Haniyeh has been killed while staying in Tehran

He was killed in an air strike at about 2:00 local time, reports say

The group blames Israel for the attack – Israel has yet to respond but has previously vowed to eliminate Hamas’s leaders

Haniyeh’s death comes hours after Israel says it killed a senior Hezbollah commander in a strike in the Lebanese capital Beirut

The attacks on two senior Iran-backed militant leaders in the space of 24 hours has raised fears of further regional conflict

Haniyeh – who was from Gaza but had lived in Qatar for several years – was in Tehran to attend the inauguration of Iran’s president. (BBC News)

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