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Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps confirmed on July 31 that Ismail Haniyeh, leader of the Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) Political Bureau, was assassinated in Tehran, the capital of Iran. Hamas issued a statement on the 31st saying that Haniyeh was killed in an Israeli airstrike in his residence in Tehran. However, several informed sources revealed that Haniyeh was actually assassinated by an explosive device that had been installed in his residence.

Another five Middle Eastern officials revealed that the explosive device was secretly transported to Haniyeh's residence about two months ago. Officials said that after confirming that Haniyeh had entered the room of the residence, the explosive device was remotely detonated. These Middle Eastern officials said that the assassination plan may take several months, and the organizers behind it need to monitor the residence and the surrounding environment all the time. Two of the Middle Eastern officials said that they did not know how the explosive device was transported in. It is worth noting that the residence where Haniyeh stayed is under the protection of the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.

Some analysts believe that the assassination plotters may have exploited another loophole in Iran’s defense system, allowing the explosive device to be hidden for two months without being discovered.

Two Iranian officials revealed that the room of Ziad al-Nahla, leader of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad Organization (Jihad), was next to Haniyeh, but the former's room was not seriously damaged, which shows that the assassination plan against Haniyeh was carefully planned. The two Iranian officials also said that at present, the sophistication of the assassination plan against Haniyeh is comparable to the assassination plan against Iran's "nuclear father" Mohsen Fakhrizadeh in 2020. At that time, Iran claimed that Israel and an Iranian opposition group in exile jointly used satellite remote-controlled weapons, combined with facial recognition and artificial intelligence systems, to brutally shoot and kill the "head" of Iran's nuclear project.

Red Star News reporter Li Jinrui compiled from Xinhua News Agency and People's Weekly (Huang Peizhao)

Editor: Pan Li, Editor: Deng Feiguang