하마스 "정치지도자 하니예, 이란서 암살돼…이스라엘 소행"Hamas political leader Ismail Haniyeh kille

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Hamas political leader Ismail Haniyeh killed in Iran, group says

하마스 "정치지도자 하니예, 이란서 암살돼…이스라엘 소행"

"이란 대통령 취임식 당일 이란서 살해돼"…중동 정세 격랑

Kareem El Damanhoury and Helen Regan, CNN

Wed, July 31, 2024 at 1:45 PM GMT+9·3 min read

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Hamas political leader Ismail Haniyeh has been killed in the Iranian capital Tehran, according to Iran’s Revolutionary Guards Corps and Hamas on Wednesday.

His killing represents a significant blow to the militant group, eliminating a key figure who headed up its political operations while living overseas.

In a statement, Hamas accused Israel of targeting Haniyeh in a “raid” on his residence in Tehran, following his participation in the inauguration of the new Iranian president.

The Israeli military said it doesn’t respond to reports in foreign media, though senior officials have previously vowed to eliminate Hamas and its leadership in response to the group’s October 7 attack on Israel.

It is not clear precisely when Haniyeh, a key interlocutor with Egyptian and Qatari mediators on the ongoing hostage and ceasefire talks in Gaza, was killed. The new Iranian president was sworn in on Tuesday and Hamas released pictures the same day of Haniyeh meeting Iranian officials in Tehran.

The killing comes at an especially fraught time for the Middle East, with escalating confrontations between Israel and Hezbollah threatening to expand into a wider regional war and as Hamas continues to battle Israel’s military in Gaza amid an unfolding and catastrophic humanitarian crisis.

Musa Abu Marzouk, a member of Hamas’ Political Bureau, said Haniyeh’s death would “not pass in vain,” while another Hamas official said the group is “ready to pay various prices.”

News of Haniyeh’s death came a day after Israel said it killed Hezbollah’s most senior military official, Fu’ad Shukr, in a drone strike in the southern suburbs of Beirut, a populous neighborhood that is also the Iran-backed group’s stronghold. The strike was the most serious Israeli escalation since confrontations between Hezbollah and Israel began on October 8.

The White House said it has seen the reports of Haniyeh’s death but declined to immediately comment further, according to a spokesperson.

Haniyeh would be the second Hamas senior leader to be killed since the beginning of Israel’s war in Gaza. In January, the group said its deputy head of the political bureau Saleh Al Arouri was killed in an Israeli airstrike in the Lebanese capital Beirut. Arouri was considered one of the founding members of the Hamas’s military wing, the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades.

However, the group has been able to weather the death of other key leaders before, including slaying of its co-founders Sheikh Ahmed Yassin and Abdel Aziz Rantisi who were killed weeks apart in 2004.

CNN Political and Foreign Policy Analyst Barak Ravid said the Israeli government sees Haniyeh as one of those responsible for Hamas’ October 7 attacks and while he is not militarily significant, his death “will have significant influence” on the ongoing hostage and ceasefire negotiations.

“This assassination is, in a way, just a matter of when, not a matter of if,” Ravid said.

Who is Ismail Haniyeh?

Haniyeh, 62, was born in a refugee camp near Gaza City, and joined Hamas in the late 1980s during the First Intifada, or uprising.

As Hamas grew in power, Haniyeh rose through the ranks – being appointed part of a secret “collective leadership” in 2004. By 2017 he had become chief of the group – and was named a “specially designated global terrorist” by the United States soon after.

Over the years, he has participated in peace talks with former US President Jimmy Carter, and met with other world leaders including the Emir of Qatar, Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani, and Chinese diplomat Wang Kejian earlier this year.

In April, Israeli airstrikes killed three of Haniyeh’s sons and four of his grandchildren, according to Hamas.

At the time, Haniyeh – who was based in Qatar – insisted their deaths would not affect ongoing ceasefire and hostage talks.

“Whoever thinks that by targeting my kids during the negotiation talks and before a deal is agreed upon that it will force Hamas to back down on its demands, is delusional,” he said.

This is a developing story and will be updated.

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[3보] 하마스 "정치지도자 하니예, 이란서 암살돼…이스라엘 소행"

김연숙2024. 7. 31. 12:45 연합뉴스

"이란 대통령 취임식 당일 이란서 살해돼"…중동 정세 격랑

하마스 정치국 최고 지도자 이스마엘 하니예 [AP=연합뉴스. 자료사진]

(서울=연합뉴스) 김연숙 기자 = 팔레스타인 무장정파 하마스의 정치국 최고 지도자 이스마일 하니예가 이란 수도 테헤란에서 이스라엘의 공격으로 사망했다고 하마스가 31일(현지시간) 밝혔다.

이스라엘과 하마스 간 가자지구 전쟁이 약 10개월째 이어지는 와중에 하마스의 고위 지도자 중 한 명인 하니예가 이란 심장부에서 살해되면서 중동 정세가 크게 요동칠 전망이다.

미국 일간 뉴욕타임스(NYT) 등 외신에 따르면 하마스는 이날 텔레그램 계정에 올린 성명에서 하니예가 전날 이란 수도 테헤란에서 이스라엘의 공격으로 사망했다고 밝혔다.

이란혁명수비대(IRGC)도 성명을 내고 하니예가 테헤란에서 살해됐다고 밝혔다. 성명에 따르면 그와 이란혁명수비대가 그의 거주지에서 표적이 됐다고 전했다. 하니예는 이란 신임 대통령의 취임식 참석차 이란을 방문 중이었다.

하니예는 하마스 고위 지도자 중 한명으로, 정치국을 이끌어왔으며 30일 열린 마수드 페제시키안 이란 대통령의 취임식에 참석했다.

그는 2006년 팔레스타인 총선에서 하마스의 대승을 이끌고 총리에 올랐지만, 이후 선거 결과를 둘러싼 하마스와 파타(현 팔레스타인 자치정부 주도)간 갈등 속에 해임됐다.

이후 2007년 하마스가 일방적으로 가자지구 통치를 시작하면서 가자지구의 하마스 지도자를 맡았다.

하니예는 2017년 2월 가자지구 지도자 자리를 야히야 신와르에게 넘기고 같은 해 5월 하마스 정치국장으로 선출된 뒤 카타르에서 생활해왔다.

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