This is rather unexpected; the leader of Hamas Ismail Haniyeh died in Iran on Wednesday as stated by both representatives of Hamas and Iran’s Revolutionary Guards.
Hamas announced deep sorrow over Haniyeh’s death claiming that he was assassinated by the Zionist in a rather treacherous raid on his residence in Tehran Haniyeh had attended inauguration ceremony of the Iranian new president the previous day.
The Revolutionary Guards acknowledged this move and said, “Early this morning, Ismail Haniyeh’s house in Tehran was attacked and Haniyeh, together with one of his bodyguards was martyred The cause of the incident is still under investigation but details would be announced soon.