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(Original title: Haniyeh was "killed by Israeli attack" in Iran, Hamas officials condemned: It is a cowardly act and it is impossible not to be punished!)

Hamas political bureau leader Haniyeh was assassinated

[Global Network Report] According to the Times of Israel, the Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) issued a statement on July 31, confirming that Ismail Haniyeh, the leader of the Hamas Political Bureau, was assassinated in Iran. The statement said, "Hania was killed in an Israeli attack in Tehran after attending the inauguration ceremony of the new Iranian president."

According to the Times of Israel, later that day, Hamas Political Bureau member Moussa Abu Marzouk condemned the attack through the media and said that revenge would be carried out. Marzouk said that the assassination "was a cowardly act and it is impossible not to be punished."

Earlier reports:

Hamas leader responds to 7 children and grandchildren being killed by Israeli army: We will not surrender

On April 10, 2024, local time, in the central Gaza Strip, the conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Hamas armed group continued. The picture shows the wreckage of the car where the three sons of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh were killed in an Israeli air strike.

According to CCTV News, the Israel Defense Forces and the Israel National Security Service (Shin Bet) issued a joint statement on the 10th local time, saying that the Israeli Air Force attacked and killed three Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) militants who were "carrying out terrorist activities" in the central Gaza Strip that day.

The IDF confirmed that the three fighters were the sons of Ismail Haniyeh, the leader of the Hamas political bureau. According to a statement issued by the Hamas media office on the 10th, Haniyeh's three sons and four grandchildren were killed in Israel's attack on the Shati refugee camp in Gaza City.

According to the Associated Press, Haniyeh's hometown is Gaza, but he currently lives in Qatar. The footage from Hamas-owned Al-Aqsa TV showed that Haniyeh received the news of his relative's death through his assistant's phone while visiting Palestinians who were taken to a hospital in Qatar for treatment. Haniyeh then nodded, looked down at the ground, and slowly walked out of the room.

Hamas said that the three sons of Haniyeh who were killed in the attack were named Hazem Haniyeh, Amir Haniyeh and Mohammed Haniyeh. They were killed in the Israeli attack on the Shati refugee camp in Gaza City. Al-Aqsa TV reported that Haniyeh's three sons were traveling in a car with their family when they were attacked by an Israeli drone.

Hamas also said three of Haniyeh's granddaughters and one grandson were also killed, but did not disclose their ages.

Three of Haniyeh's sons died in the attack

The Israeli military said that Mohammed Haniyeh and Hazem Haniyeh were Hamas military personnel, and Amir Haniyeh was the commander of a group. The three carried out armed activities in the central Gaza Strip, but the Israeli military did not elaborate. The Israeli military also did not comment on the death of Haniyeh's grandchildren.

Haniyeh said Hamas would not succumb to pressure from the attack on his family, telling Al Jazeera: "The enemy believes that by attacking the leaders' families, they will force them to abandon the demands of our people. But anyone who thinks that attacking my son will force Hamas to change its position is delusional."

Haniyeh also accused Israel of carrying out the attacks out of a "will for revenge and murder."

Hamas's head of political and international relations, Bassem Naim, claimed that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been "doing his utmost to prevent or sabotage any chance of a ceasefire agreement." Naim said Netanyahu is "under pressure from the United States, the international community, and Israeli society," so he resorts to "using all other dirty means," killing "our children, our wives, (or) assassinating leaders."

Sultan Barakat, professor of conflict and humanitarian studies at Hamad bin Khalifa University in Qatar, told Al Jazeera that Israel's assassination of Haniyeh's family members may have been specifically aimed at undermining ceasefire negotiations. Barakat believes that the Israeli military could have identified Haniyeh's three sons and four grandchildren. "I think someone must have made the decision to continue the attack," destroying the "minimum trust established" between Israel and Hamas to reach a ceasefire agreement.

Yair Golan, former Israeli Deputy Economy Minister, also said on social media platform X that the attack on Haniyeh's family was untimely. "No matter how reasonable and appropriate (the killing) was, such a dramatic action on the eve of a possible hostage release agreement constitutes another serious aspect that allows Hamas to continue its lawlessness."