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Message: <blockquote data-quote="dalvinder45" data-source="post: 225713" data-attributes="member: 26009">Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, said Wednesday it was his country’s “duty” to avenge the killing of Hamas political chief Ismail Haniyeh, as Iran declared three days of national mourning.“The criminal and terrorist Zionist regime martyred our dear guest in our home,” Khamenei said in a <a href="https://www.leader.ir/fa/content/27512" target="_blank">statement</a>, adding that Israel has “prepared the ground for a harsh punishment for itself.”Hamas’s military arm, the Izzedine al-Qassam Brigades, said Ismail Haniyeh’s killing in Iran “takes the battle to new dimensions and will have major repercussions on the entire region.” In a statement, the group said Israel committed a miscalculation by expanding “the circle of aggression” with the alleged attack, which it said violated Iran’s sovereignty.It added that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, “blinded by megalomania, is leading the occupation entity into the abyss.”Qatar, Turkey and Jordan strongly condemned the killing of Hamas political leader Ismail Haniyeh in Iran on Wednesday.Haniyeh’s killing is “a heinous crime, a dangerous escalation, and a blatant violation of international law,” Qatar’s Foreign Ministry said in a <a href="https://x.com/mofaqatar_ar/status/1818544955129757809?s=46&t=O0WSj2iq0sktYyYeowtT_A" target="_blank">statement</a>. Haniyeh was based in Qatar, and the Persian Gulf country has been a primary negotiator in the cease-fire talks between Israel and Hamas to release hostages held in Gaza and end the war there.Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati condemned both Israel’s attack Tuesday on Lebanon and the killing of Hamas political leader Ismail Haniyeh in Iran.The Biden administration was not warned of the attack against Hamas political leader Ismail Haniyeh ahead of time, nor did it have any part in it, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Wednesday.“This is something we were not aware of or involved in,” Blinken told Channel News Asia in an interview in Singapore.Hamas political leader Ismail Haniyeh was killed Wednesday by an explosive device planted in a Tehran guest house two months before the explosion a source tells CNN. Haniyeh was one of three high-profile figures in Iran-backed militant groups to be killed in recent weeks.A strike last month in Gaza killed Mohammed Deif, the head of Hamas’ military wing and an architect of the October 7 attacks, Israel said Thursday. And a strike in Beirut, Lebanon, on Tuesday killed a senior Hizbollah Commander..In Iran’s capital, thousands gathered to mourn Haniyeh today before his coffin was sent to Qatar  for his burial. Iran and Hamas have blamed the assassination on Israel, which has neither confirmed nor denied its involvement.Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has vowed o avenge Haniyeh. And in Beirut, Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah said Israel has crossed "red lines" and that regional conflicts are entering a “new phase.”</blockquote>

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