Iran orders direct strike on Israel in response to killing of Hamas leader
Strikes may be launched not from Iranian territory, but from the territories of allied countries, including Yemen, Syria and Iraq, sources say
Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has ordered a direct strike on Israel in response to the assassination of one of Hamas' leaders, Ismail Haniyeh, in Tehran.
Source. This was reported by The New York Times, citing three sources familiar with the order.
According to the NYT, Ali Khamenei held an extraordinary meeting of Iran's Supreme National Security Council on 31 July, during which he ordered a strike against Israel. The newspaper's interlocutors did not say what the response would be, but suggested that Iranian military personnel could use drones and missiles to attack military targets near Tel Aviv and Haifa.
At this, the strikes could be carried out not from Iranian territory, but from the territories of allied countries, including Yemen, Syria and Iraq. The sources pointed out that the Iranian armed forces will try to avoid the destruction of Israeli civilian infrastructure.
Against the backdrop of these reports, it became known that the major American airline United Airlines decided to suspend regular flights to Tel Aviv from the evening of 31 July for security reasons.
The head of the political wing of the Palestinian Hamas movement, Ismail Haniyeh, was assassinated in Tehran on the morning of 31 July. He had arrived in the Iranian capital to attend the inauguration ceremony of Iran's new president, Massoud Peseshkian.
According to Al Hadath's sources, Haniyeh was killed by a direct missile hit to the house where he was spending the night.
Hamas' representative in Lebanon, Mahmoud Tah, accused Israel of the attack and said that the strike was carried out with the approval of the United States.
Background. To recap, Hamas confirmed that Israel had killed its political leader in a strike on Tehran. According to media reports, Haniyeh was killed "literally in bed" as a result of a missile hitting his residence.
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