Top Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh killed in Iran, group says

Ismail Haniyeh was elected head of Hamas's political bureau in 2017.

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According to Iranian media, an air strike hit a building for war veterans in Tehran where Haniyeh was staying at around 02:00 (22:30 GMT).

Haniyeh, 62, was widely considered Hamas's overall leader and played a key role in negotiations aimed at reaching a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip.

Israel has not commented, but it has promised to destroy Hamas following the 7 October attack on southern Israel which killed 1,200 people.

On Wednesday, the Israeli government's press office posted a photo of Haniyeh on social media captioned with the word "eliminated", which it has subsequently deleted.

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