Israel assassinated Hamas' top leader Ismail Haniyeh in Iran last summer, Defence Minister Israel Katz confirmed. The comments by Katz appeared to mark the first time that Israel has acknowledged killing Haniyeh, who died in an explosion in Tehran in July.

Iran slammed Israel for what it called was a 'heinous crime' of Israel's killing of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh. Iran comment against Israel came after the latter admitted its role in killing Haniyeh who had been key figure in Hamas for decades.

Residents and rescuers inspect a damaged bus hit by an Israeli strike, which led to casualties, in the Mawasi area in the southern Gaza Strip on Monday. BASHAR TALEB/AFP JERUSALEM — Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz admitted on Monday for the first ...

Iran denounced what it termed Israel's "brazen admission" of having killed former Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran earlier this year, accusing the country of having carried out a "heinous crime" and defending its missile-strike response.

Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz admitted on Monday for the first time publicly to Israel's killing of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh in Iran in July, further risking tensions between Tehran and its arch-enemy Israel in a region shaken by Israel's war in Gaza and the conflict in Lebanon.

The Israeli Defence Minister also threatened to take similar action against the leadership of the Houthi rebel group in Yemen. Katz also warned that the Houthis would meet a similar fate. The warning against the Houthis came as the Iran-backed outfit has launched scores of missiles and drones at Israel throughout the war.

Iran on Tuesday denounced what it termed Israel's "brazen admission" of having killed former Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran earlier this year, a

THERAN (AFP) - Iran on Tuesday (Dec 24) denounced what it termed Israel's "brazen admission" of having killed former Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran earlier this year, accusing the country of having carried out a "heinous crime" and defending its missile-strike response.

In a letter to UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, Iranian envoy Amir Saeid Iravani argued that the admission legitimised Iran's ballistic missile attack against Israel on October 1, which had sent millions of Israelis into shelters as approximately 200 missiles targeted the country.

Hassan Nasrallah meanwhile was the leader of the Iran-backed Lebanese group Hezbollah - he was assassinated in Beirut in September as Israel dramatically escalated its military campaign against Hezbollah, with which it had been trading near daily cross-border fire since the day after the 7 October attacks.

Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz has confirmed, for the first time, that Israel assassinated Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran.