In response to the assassination of Haniyeh, Yemen’s Ansarullah Movement Political Office in a statement announced that this assassination is a terrorist crime.
Meanwhile, the Deputy Secretary-General of the Islamic Jihad Movement, Muhammad al-Hindi described the assassination of Haniyeh as a great loss for the Palestinian nation. If the enemy assumes that it can defeat the Resistance by assassinating its leaders, it is completely wrong, he added.
In the meantime, Tehran Mayor Alireza Zakani said that the nation of Iran condemned the assassination of their guest and that surely the infamous Zionist regime will pay a heavy price.
President of Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam Fazal-ur-Rehman also said that the blood of Martyr Ismail Haniyeh will strengthen resistance and the fight against the Zionist enemy, stressing that the Palestinians’ fight against the occupying Israel will continue.
President of the State of Palestine Mahmoud Abbas condemned the assassination of Hamas chief and described this action as cowardly and dangerous.
The Secretary-General of the Palestinian National Initiative Movement, Mustafa Al-Barghouthi also emphasized that the assassination of Martyr Haniyeh is a crime that will strengthen the determination of the Palestinian people to achieve their rights.
One of the leaders of the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine in a statement stressed that the cowardly assassination of Ismail Haniyeh will face a response and that all the Axis of the Resistance will follow the path of Haniyeh.
Haniyeh and one of his bodyguards were killed in their residence in the Iranian capital. They were martyred as a result of being hit at their residence in Tehran, the public relations office of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps said in a statement.
The attack is under investigation and the details will be released later, the statement read.
Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Russia Mikhail Bogdanov has said that this is a completely unacceptable political assassination and will lead to further escalation of tensions.
The leader of the Iraqi National Wisdom Movement, Ammar Hakim, in a message of condolences to the patient and oppressed Palestinian nation and resistance movements said that these criminal actions cannot stop the Palestinian nation from continuing to advance. He strongly condemned this criminal operation and urged the international community to stop this usurping regime from criminal actions.
Former Prime Minister of Sweden Carl Bildt in an X message reacted to Hanyieh assassination saying, “Forget about ceasefire. Retaliation and escalation take center stage. I think we need to fasten our seat belts.”
Also, Chairman of the Supreme Political Council Mahdi al-Mashat in a statement on the occasion of the martyrdom of Ismail Haniyeh announced three days of public mourning in Yemen and said that during this time, the Yemeni flag will be at half-mast, describing Haniyeh’s martyrdom as a great loss for the Palestinian nation and the Islamic Ummah.
He also said that the Zionist enemy and the US must take responsibility for the expansion of the battlefield, the confrontation, and the wave of assassinations of the resistance commanders.
Haniyeh was in Tehran to attend the inauguration ceremony of the new Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian on Tuesday (July 30).
