{"id":43718,"date":"2024-08-03T18:18:44","date_gmt":"2024-08-03T13:18:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/?p=43718"},"modified":"2024-08-03T18:22:14","modified_gmt":"2024-08-03T13:22:14","slug":"iran-says-short-range-projectile-killed-hamas-ismail-haniyeh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/world\/iran-says-short-range-projectile-killed-hamas-ismail-haniyeh\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran says short-range projectile killed Hamas\u2019 Ismail Haniyeh"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>TEHRAN (AP): Iran\u2019s Revolutionary Guard said a short-range projectile was behind the killing of <a href=\"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/world\/hamas-chief-ismail-haniyeh-killed-in-tehran-group-confirms\/\">Hamas political chief Ismail Haniyeh<\/a> and accused the United States of supporting the attack which it blamed on Israel, state TV reported Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>The televised statement said a rocket with a seven-kilogram (about 15-pound) warhead was used to target the residence of Hamas\u2019 political in the capital Tehran on Wednesday, adding it caused heavy devastation, but didn\u2019t share details of the location.<\/p>\n<p>Haniyeh was in Iran to attend the inauguration ceremony of the newly elected Iranian <a href=\"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/pakistan\/pakistan-observes-national-mourning-day-over-ismail-haniyehs-killing\/\">President Masoud Pezeshkian<\/a>. \u201cThe action was designed and carried out by the Zionist regime and supported by the U.S.,\u201d said the Guard\u2019s statement and reiterated a call for retaliation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe warmongering and terrorist Zionist regime will receive harsh punishment in the suitable time, place, and capacity,\u201d it added.<\/p>\n<p>Israel had pledged to kill Haniyeh and other Hamas leaders over the group\u2019s Oct. 7 attack on southern Israel. The assassination has sparked fears of pushing the region into a wider conflict and forcing Iran and Israel into a direct confrontation if Iran retaliates.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TEHRAN (AP): Iran\u2019s Revolutionary Guard said a short-range projectile was behind the killing of Hamas political chief Ismail Haniyeh and accused the United States of supporting the attack which it blamed on Israel, state TV reported Saturday. The televised statement said a rocket with a seven-kilogram (about 15-pound) warhead was used to target the residence [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":43721,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[396,10228],"class_list":["post-43718","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world","tag-iran","tag-ismail-haniyeh"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43718","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=43718"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43718\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":43720,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43718\/revisions\/43720"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/43721"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43718"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=43718"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=43718"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}