Ismail Haniyeh

[Clone]

https://news.sky.com/story/hamas-leader-ismail-haniyeh-killed-in-iran-group-says-13187783

 

[Untitled]

this is a far more effective strike against hamas than just about anything else they have done since october 7th. good news... i hope his death was painful and undignified and lonely. 

[Sinead_O]

Yes...another one bites the dust!

[davebro3]

Good to know there is no hiding place for these terrorists.

[Clone]

Said to have Hamassed over 10billion dollars by stealing monies meant for aid. Not even worth pennies in heaven.

[ToraToraTora]

couldn't have happened to a nicer chap.

[youngmafbog]

Good, always best to bite the head of the snake.

[Khandro]

 And right there in IRAN ! a bit of an embarrassment for the ayatollahs I think.

Mossad are an uber-smart outfit; reminds me of Fauda on Netflix.

[Mozz71]

Glad to see Israel hitting the right target fora change. Good for them.

[Lie-in King]

Good news.

[Khandro]

The BBC has claimed he was a "moderate"... What!!

Quote;

 Ismail Haniyeh had been overseeing talks on a new ceasefire and hostage release deal. Despite his tough rhetoric he was generally seen by analysts as moderate and pragmatic compared to the more hardline Gaza-based leaders.

 The 'impartial' Beeb might have made more of the fact that not only did Haniyeh become a key target for Israel after the 7 October attack, but that he himself insisted that there was a ‘need’ for deaths in Gaza to ‘ignite…the spirit of revolution’ amongst Hamas fighters. In the same rant, made last October, the militant leader went on to add:

"The blood [spilled] in the Gaza Strip…will defeat this occupier, will defeat this enemy… As I said, and I repeat every time, the blood of the children, women, and elderly – I do not say that it shouts out to you, but rather we need this blood so that it will ignite within us the spirit of revolution, so that it will arouse within us persistence, so that it will arouse within us defiance and [a forward] advance."

Is this what ‘tough’ talk and ‘moderate’ passes for these days?!

btw, He lives (lived) in millionaire's luxury in Qatar not Gaza.

[Peter Pedant]

His sons and granschildren have also been killed ( other places) which seems a bit sporting

now my dears and readers,

The British govt did NOT shoot the IRA leaders ( altho they knew who they were) in the seventies - because when the jaw-jaw began they had to have someone to speak to

This led to the idea of Gentlemen and Players - the gunman were the players. Yup and someone got the Irish gunmen to accept that they  were targets but not their leaders. It was Ireland.

And the Israelis seem to have shot a Gentleman. Hooray for the war effort  ! Peace is just around the corner !

[Old_Geezer]

Had they had shot the leaders maybe they wouldn't have needed to jaw jaw.

[Khandro]

This is interesting reading:

https://archive.ph/xyrxL

[Khandro]

Interesting update;

'Ismail Haniyeh was killed by an explosive device planted months prior in his guesthouse in Tehran, according to sources.

The bomb was planted two months ago in the house, which is run and protected by the IRGC, according to The New York Times, which cited seven Middle Eastern officials, including two Iranians, and an American.

A source who spoke on condition of anonymity confirmed the report to The Telegraph.

The bomb was detonated remotely when it was confirmed that the Hamas leader was inside the guesthouse. Haniyeh had apparently stayed in the guest house several times in the past.

Two IRGC officials said the explosion shook the building, and shattered some windows. The severe security breach was described as “catastrophic” and a “tremendous embarrassment” for the IRGC, according to the three Iranian officials.'