www.reuters.com Open in urlscan Pro
2600:9000:235a:c400:15:5a3e:9d40:93a1  Public Scan

Form analysis
0 forms found in the DOM

Text Content

Skip to main content

Exclusive news, data and analytics for financial market professionalsLearn more
aboutRefinitiv

Reuters home
 * World
   Browse World
    * Africa
    * Americas
    * Asia Pacific
    * China
    * Europe
    * India
    * Israel and Hamas at War
   
    * Japan
    * Middle East
    * Ukraine and Russia at War
    * United Kingdom
    * United States
    * US Election
    * Reuters Next
   
   Latest in World
    * Exclusive: North Korea wants to restart nuclear talks if Trump wins, says
      ex-diplomat
      7 min ago
      article with gallery
    * 'Is she Indian or Black?' Trump questions Harris' identity at Black
      journalists' convention
      12 min ago
      article with video
    * China's Communist Party expels former CNPC chairman, state media says
      19 min ago
      
    * Japan ex-FX chief Kanda appointed special adviser to PM Kishida
      21 min ago
      

 * Business
   Browse Business
    * Aerospace & Defense
    * Autos & Transportation
    * Davos
    * Energy
    * Environment
    * Finance
    * Healthcare & Pharmaceuticals
   
    * Media & Telecom
    * Retail & Consumer
    * Future of Health
    * Future of Money
    * Take Five
    * World at Work
   
   Latest in Business
    * Billionaire Ackman pulls IPO of Pershing Square USA days before debut
      23 min ago
      
    * Asian shares extend global rally, Nikkei an outlier as yen surges
      37 min ago
      
    * China's factory activity contracts for first time in 9 months, Caixin PMI
      shows
      40 min ago
      
    * Keppel profit inches higher, with transformation into global manager
      'bearing fruit'
      an hour ago
      

 * Markets
   Browse Markets
    * Asian Markets
    * Carbon Markets
    * Commodities
    * Currencies
    * Deals
    * Emerging Markets
    * ETFs
    * European Markets
   
    * Funds
    * Global Market Data
    * Rates & Bonds
    * Stocks
    * U.S. Markets
    * Wealth
    * Macro Matters
   
   Latest in Markets
    * Asian shares extend global rally, Nikkei an outlier as yen surges
      37 min ago
      
    * Stocks rise; yields, dollar lower as Fed signals rate cut
      July 31, 2024
      article with gallery
    * TSX hits record high as Fed signals possible rate cut
      July 31, 2024
      
    * Kenya's inflation falls to 4.3% yr/yr in July
      July 31, 2024
      

 * Sustainability
   Browse Sustainability
    * Boards, Policy & Regulation
    * Climate & Energy
    * Land Use & Biodiversity
    * Society & Equity
    * Sustainable Finance & Reporting
    * The Switch
    * Reuters Impact
   
   Latest in Sustainability
    * Australian regulator gives conditional nod for Dutch firm's Namoi Cotton
      takeover
      28 min ago
      
    * Ransomware attack forces hundreds of small Indian banks offline, sources
      say
      3:29 AM GMT+2
      
    * North Macedonia fights a dozen wildfires after weeks of hot weather
      12:56 AM GMT+2
      article with video
    * Boeing names aerospace veteran Kelly Ortberg CEO to steer turnaround
      12:11 AM GMT+2
      article with video

 * Legal
   Browse Legal
    * Government
    * Legal Industry
    * Litigation
    * Transactional
    * US Supreme Court
   
   Latest in Legal
    * Ransomware attack forces hundreds of small Indian banks offline, sources
      say
      3:29 AM GMT+2
      
    * Boeing 737 MAX crash families say planemaker should face much higher fine
      3:20 AM GMT+2
      
    * Chevron's $53 billion deal for Hess faces new delay over arbitration
      schedule
      2:28 AM GMT+2
      
    * Illicit nicotine pouches on the rise in US, Altria CEO says
      2:08 AM GMT+2
      

 * Breakingviews
   Browse Breakingviews
    * Breakingviews Predictions
   
   Latest in Breakingviews
    * Oil is an imperfect gauge of Middle East risk
      July 31, 2024
      
    * Soaring coffee prices foretell a financial grind
      July 31, 2024
      
    * HSBC’s growth engine has insufficient horsepower
      July 31, 2024
      
    * China looks to the little guy for spending boost
      July 31, 2024
      

 * Technology
   Browse Technology
    * Artificial Intelligence
    * Cybersecurity
    * Space
    * Disrupted
   
   Latest in Technology
    * Ransomware attack forces hundreds of small Indian banks offline, sources
      say
      3:29 AM GMT+2
      
    * Musk denies report xAI is considering acquiring Character.AI
      3:19 AM GMT+2
      
    * EBay beats quarterly results estimates on steady demand for refurbished
      goods
      3:02 AM GMT+2
      
    * Chipmaker Qualcomm forecasts upbeat revenue, warns of trade-curb impact
      2:04 AM GMT+2
      

 * Investigations
 * More
   Sports
    * Olympics
    * Athletics
    * Baseball
    * Basketball
    * Cricket
    * Cycling
    * Formula 1
    * Golf
    * NFL
    * NHL
    * Soccer
    * Tennis
   
   Science
   Lifestyle
   Graphics
   Pictures
   Podcasts
   Fact Check
   Video
   Sponsored Content
    * Reuters Plus
    * Press Releases
   
   Trending Stories
    * Worldcategory
      'Is she Indian or Black?' Trump questions Harris' identity at Black
      journalists' convention
      article with video
    * Worldcategory
      Killing of Hamas chief in Iran stirs fears of retaliation
      article with video
    * U.S. Marketscategory
      Fed's Powell puts September rate cut on table as US inflation cools
      article with gallery
    * Worldcategory
      Harris to hold Philadelphia rally with vice president pick Tuesday
      article with video

My News

Sign InRegister

 * Middle East


HAMAS LEADER ISMAIL HANIYEH KILLED IN TEHRAN - WHAT WE KNOW SO FAR

By Reuters
July 31, 20248:09 PM GMT+2Updated 9 hours ago
Text
 * Small Text
 * Medium Text
 * Large Text

Share
 * X
 * Facebook
 * Linkedin
 * Email
 * Link

Palestinian group Hamas' top leader Ismail Haniyeh meets with Iranian President
Masoud Pezeshkian in Tehran, Iran, July 30, 2024. Iran's Presidency /WANA (West
Asia News Agency)/Handout via REUTERS/File Photo Purchase Licensing Rights,
opens new tab
DUBAI, July 31 (Reuters) - Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh was assassinated early on
Wednesday morning in Iran, the Palestinian militant group and Tehran said.
This is what we know about the killing of Haniyeh, which was widely assumed to
have been carried out by Israel though its government made no claim of
responsibility and said it would make no comment on the incident.


DETAILS OF ASSASSINATION

Iran's Revolutionary Guards confirmed the death of Haniyeh, who was the face of
Hamas' international diplomacy as the war triggered by the Islamist group's
attack on Israel on Oct. 7 last year has raged in Gaza.
Advertisement · Scroll to continue

Haniyeh was killed around 2 a.m. (2200 GMT) on Wednesday, Iranian media
reported. He was staying at "a special residence" for war veterans in north of
Tehran, the Iranian capital.
NourNews, an outlet affiliated with Iran's Supreme National Security Council,
said Haniyeh's residence was hit by an airborne projectile. The assassination
was "a dangerous gamble to undermine Tehran's deterrence", it said.
Advertisement · Scroll to continue



POSSIBLE CONSEQUENCES

Hamas said it would continue the path it was following in the Gaza war, saying:
"We are confident of victory."
Israel is not seeking to escalate war, but is prepared to handle all scenarios,
Defence Minister Yoav Gallant said.
Gallant's comments during a visit to a missile defence battery were reported by
Israeli media outlets. Media reports said he was referring specifically to the
conflict between Israel and Lebanon's Iran-backed Hezbollah group that has
ramped up since the outbreak of the Gaza war.

The prime minister of Qatar, which along with the United States and Egypt has
acted as a mediator in Gaza ceasefire negotiations between Israel and Hamas,
suggested that Haniyeh's killing could jeopardise efforts to secure a truce.
"Political assassinations and continued targeting of civilians in Gaza while
talks continue lead us to ask: How can mediation succeed when one party
assassinates the negotiator on other side?" Qatari Prime Minister Sheikh
Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani wrote on X.

Egypt's foreign ministry said Haniyeh's killing and the lack of progress in
ceasefire talks complicated the situation.
The news - which came less than 24 hours after Israel claimed to have killed
Hezbollah's top military commander whom it said was behind a deadly rocket
strike in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights on Saturday - appears to set back
any chances of an imminent ceasefire agreement in the Gaza war.

At the same time, the risk of a war between Israel and Hezbollah has grown since
the attack in the Golan that killed 12 children in a Druze village, and the air
strike meant to kill senior Hezbollah commander Fuad Shukr.
Hezbollah said Shukr had been in a building in the southern suburbs of Beirut
when it was targeted by Israel, but the group did not confirm his fate.
Still, a Hezbollah member of parliament said the heavily armed group would now
be ready to fight a war with Israel.
The killing of its close ally Haniyeh on Iranian soil will put pressure on
Tehran to react against Israel, which has been hunting Hamas leaders since
militants stormed into Israel on Oct. 7, killing 1,200 people and taking over
250 hostage, according to Israeli tallies.
In response, Israel launched a relentless ground and air offensive in densely
populated coastal Gaza that has killed more than 39,400 people, according to
Gaza health officials, and left more than 2 million facing a humanitarian
crisis.
Haniyeh's assassination could also encourage Iran's proxies in the Middle East
who support Hamas - Hezbollah, Yemen's Houthis and armed groups in Iraq - to
seek revenge.
Iran will "defend its territorial integrity, dignity, honour, and pride, and
will make the terrorist occupiers regret their cowardly act" of killing Haniyeh
in Tehran, President Masoud Pezeshkian said on Wednesday.

The Reuters Daily Briefing newsletter provides all the news you need to start
your day. Sign up here.

Writing by Michael Georgy; editing by Angus MacSwan and Mark Heinrich

Our Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles., opens new tab

Share
 * X
 * Facebook
 * Linkedin
 * Email
 * Link

Purchase Licensing Rights


READ NEXT

 * article with video
   Middle EastcategoryKilling of Hamas chief in Iran stirs fears of retaliation
 * article with gallery
   Middle EastcategoryHezbollah confirms top commander killed in Israeli strike
   on Beirut suburb
 * Middle EastcategoryKhaled Meshaal, who survived Israeli assassination
   attempt, tipped to be new Hamas leader
 * Middle EastcategoryNetanyahu says Israel will exact heavy price for revenge
   attacks
 * ExplainerIsmail Haniyeh: What's the fallout from Hamas leader's
   assassination?
 * article with gallery
   Middle EastcategoryGaza Palestinians fear no end to bloodshed after Haniyeh
   assassination




WORLD

 * article with video
   
   
   'IS SHE INDIAN OR BLACK?' TRUMP QUESTIONS HARRIS' IDENTITY AT BLACK
   JOURNALISTS' CONVENTION
   
   United Statescategory · August 1, 2024 · 4:31 AM GMT+2 · 12 min ago
   
   U.S. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump falsely suggested to the
   country's largest annual gathering of Black journalists on Wednesday that his
   Democratic rival Kamala Harris had previously downplayed her Black heritage.

 * article with gallery
   Asia PacificcategoryExclusive: North Korea wants to restart nuclear talks if
   Trump wins, says ex-diplomat4:29 AM GMT+2 · Updated 14 min ago
 * ChinacategoryChina's Communist Party expels former CNPC chairman, state media
   says4:23 AM GMT+2 · Updated 19 min ago
 * Asia PacificcategoryJapan ex-FX chief Kanda appointed special adviser to PM
   Kishida4:21 AM GMT+2 · Updated 21 min ago
 * Asia PacificcategoryAustralia struggling to improve Indigenous livelihoods,
   government report shows4:19 AM GMT+2 · Updated 23 min ago




SITE INDEX


LATEST

 * Home
 * Authors
 * Topic sitemap


BROWSE

 * World
 * Business
 * Markets
 * Sustainability
 * Legal
 * Breakingviews
 * Technology
 * Investigations
 * Sports
 * Science
 * Lifestyle


MEDIA

 * 
   Videos
 * 
   Pictures
 * 
   Graphics


ABOUT REUTERS

 * About Reuters, opens new tab
 * Careers, opens new tab
 * Reuters News Agency, opens new tab
 * Brand Attribution Guidelines, opens new tab
 * Reuters Leadership, opens new tab
 * Reuters Fact Check
 * Reuters Diversity Report, opens new tab


STAY INFORMED

 * Download the App (iOS), opens new tab
 * Download the App (Android), opens new tab
 * Newsletters


INFORMATION YOU CAN TRUST

Reuters, the news and media division of Thomson Reuters, is the world’s largest
multimedia news provider, reaching billions of people worldwide every day.
Reuters provides business, financial, national and international news to
professionals via desktop terminals, the world's media organizations, industry
events and directly to consumers.


FOLLOW US

 * X
 * Facebook
 * Instagram
 * Youtube
 * Linkedin


THOMSON REUTERS PRODUCTS

 * WESTLAW, OPENS NEW TAB
   
   BUILD THE STRONGEST ARGUMENT RELYING ON AUTHORITATIVE CONTENT,
   ATTORNEY-EDITOR EXPERTISE, AND INDUSTRY DEFINING TECHNOLOGY.

 * ONESOURCE, OPENS NEW TAB
   
   THE MOST COMPREHENSIVE SOLUTION TO MANAGE ALL YOUR COMPLEX AND EVER-EXPANDING
   TAX AND COMPLIANCE NEEDS.

 * CHECKPOINT, OPENS NEW TAB
   
   THE INDUSTRY LEADER FOR ONLINE INFORMATION FOR TAX, ACCOUNTING AND FINANCE
   PROFESSIONALS.


LSEG PRODUCTS

 * WORKSPACE, OPENS NEW TAB
   
   ACCESS UNMATCHED FINANCIAL DATA, NEWS AND CONTENT IN A HIGHLY-CUSTOMISED
   WORKFLOW EXPERIENCE ON DESKTOP, WEB AND MOBILE.

 * DATA CATALOGUE, OPENS NEW TAB
   
   BROWSE AN UNRIVALLED PORTFOLIO OF REAL-TIME AND HISTORICAL MARKET DATA AND
   INSIGHTS FROM WORLDWIDE SOURCES AND EXPERTS.

 * WORLD-CHECK, OPENS NEW TAB
   
   SCREEN FOR HEIGHTENED RISK INDIVIDUAL AND ENTITIES GLOBALLY TO HELP UNCOVER
   HIDDEN RISKS IN BUSINESS RELATIONSHIPS AND HUMAN NETWORKS.

 * Advertise With Us, opens new tab
 * Advertising Guidelines
 * Purchase Licensing Rights, opens new tab

 * Cookies, opens new tab
 * Terms of Use
 * Privacy, opens new tab
 * Digital Accessibility, opens new tab
 * Corrections
 * Site Feedback, opens new tab

All quotes delayed a minimum of 15 minutes. See here for a complete list of
exchanges and delays.

© 2024 Reuters. All rights reserved






RIGHT TO WITHDRAW CONSENT UNDER GDPR

We and our 152 partners store and/or access information on a device, such as
unique IDs in cookies to process personal data. You may accept or manage your
choices by clicking below, including your right to object where legitimate
interest is used, or at any time in the privacy policy page. These choices will
be signaled to our partners and will not affect browsing data.Cookie
PolicyPrivacy Statement


WE AND OUR PARTNERS PROCESS DATA TO PROVIDE:

Use precise geolocation data. Actively scan device characteristics for
identification. Store and/or access information on a device. Personalised
advertising and content, advertising and content measurement, audience research
and services development. List of Partners (vendors)

Allow All Reject All Show Purposes


Feedback