Haniyeh assassination in Tehran sends ‘huge message to Iranians’

Ismail Haniyeh, Hamas’ supreme leader in exile who landed on Israel’s hit list after the militant group staged its surprise Oct. 7 attacks, was killed in an airstrike in the Iranian capital early Wednesday. Haniyeh’s assassination in Tehran came as a “huge blow” and sent a “huge message to the Iranians”, FRANCE 24’s Kethevane Gorjestani said in an analysis.