Top Hamas political leader Ismail Haniyeh assassinated in Tehran | DW News

Ismail Haniyeh, Hamas' top political leader, has been assassinated in Tehran, Iran. According to a Hamas statement, Haniyeh "died as a result of a treacherous Zionist raid on his residence in Tehran," where he had been attending the inauguration of Iranian president Masoud Pezeshkian. Iran's paramilitary guard, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, confirmed Haniyeh had been targeted and killed at his residence in Tehran, along with his bodyguards. Earlier in April, an Israeli strike killed three of Haniyeh's sons in Gaza.

Chapter Breakdown:
0:00 DW's Alyona Murashova discusses initial details of Haniyeh's killing
2:07 Benham Ben Taleblu, senior fellow at neoconservative think tank Foundation for the Defense of Democracies, lays out how Iran might respond to Haniyeh's assassination
10:15 DW's Rebecca Ritters in Jerusalem reports on initial reactions to Haniyeh's killing