“No mercy,” Israeli minister celebrates Hamas leader’s assassination

Occupied Palestine (Quds News Network)- Israel’s Minister of Heritage Amichai Eliyahu celebrated the assassination of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh, saying this “makes the world a little better”.

“No mercy for these mortals,” Eliyahu wrote in a post on X.

“The iron hand that will strike them, is the one that will bring peace and a little comfort and strengthen our ability to live in peace with those who desire peace,” he said.

The head of Hamas’s political bureau was assassinated in the Iranian capital Tehran, the Palestinian group said in a statement on Wednesday morning. Haniyeh had traveled to Tehran to attend Tuesday’s inauguration of Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian. This visit marked Haniyeh’s final public appearance.

“The Islamic Resistance Movement Hamas mourns to our great Palestinian people, to the Arab and Islamic nation, and to all the free people of the world: Brother, leader, martyr, Mujahid Ismail Haniyeh,” Hamas said in the statement.

“The head of the movement, who was killed in a treacherous Zionist raid on his residence in Tehran, after participating in the inauguration ceremony of the new Iranian president.”

Israel has not yet commented on the assassination incident.

The Iranian Revolutionary Guard announced that it would investigate the incident: “We are studying the dimensions of Haniyeh’s martyrdom incident in Tehran.”

On May 6, 2017, Hamas, the Palestinian political movement that rules the Gaza Strip, elected Ismail Haniyeh as the head of its political bureau, replacing Khaled Meshaal.

Haniyeh was imprisoned multiple times by Israeli occupation authorities and lived in and out of the Gaza Strip after facing deportation and assassination attempts.