“We consider it our duty to take vengeance” for the death of Ismail Haniyeh, Iran’s supreme leader said. Israel has not claimed responsibility for the attack.
Iranians wave Iranian, Palestinian and Hezbollah flags to protest the killing in Tehran on Wednesday of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh, whose image appears on the building in the background. Iran vowed to retaliate against Israel for the assassination of a Hamas leader in Tehran on Wednesday, an escalation in a years-long shadow war between the adversaries that in recent months has burst into the open with several high-profile attacks.
Haniyeh was one of the hundreds of leaders, diplomats and dignitaries in Tehran for Pezeshkian’s inauguration, an event that Pezeshkian said showcased “a powerful, peace-seeking, and dignified Iran.” “This shows how deeply they have penetrated the security grid of the Islamic Republic,” Reza, a 29-year-old pharmacist in Tehran, told The Washington Post. Speaking on the condition that his last name be withheld for fear of reprisals, he said he expected that any Iranian response would also involve its allies in Yemen, Lebanon and Gaza..
Iran responded with a highly telegraphed show of strength that appeared carefully calibrated to minimize actual damage — and limit further reprisals. The county launched hundreds of missiles and drones at Israel, the vast majority of which were intercepted by Israeli missile defense systems. The sides avoided further escalation.
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