News - Middle East: The Lebanese resistance movement Hezbollah says the assassination of head of the political bureau of Hamas resistance movement, Ismail Haniyeh, will only strengthen the resistance front’s resolve.

The group expressed its deepest condolences over the assassination of Hamas’s leader.

Hezbollah praised Haniyeh as one of the greatest resistance leaders of time, who bravely stood up to the United States’ hegemony projects and the Zionist regime’s occupation plans.

“The martyrdom of Haniyeh will strengthen the determination and resolve of resistance fighters on all fronts, and will inspire them to continue the path of struggle and confront the Zionist enemy much more resolutely than ever,” Hezbollah asserted.

Russia: Hamas Leader Killing 'Unacceptable Political Murder'

Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov also censured the killing of Haniyeh as “an absolutely unacceptable political murder.”

“This is an absolutely unacceptable political murder, and it will lead to further escalation of tensions,” he told RIA state news agency on Wednesday.

Bogdanov said the killing will also have a negative impact on the course of Gaza ceasefire talks.

Russia has frequently condemned the relentless Israeli offensives against Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, and taken a swipe at the United States for ignoring the need for the establishment of an independent Palestinian state.

Turkey Condemns 'Heinous' Assassination 

Moreover, the Turkish Foreign Ministry condemned the “heinous” assassination of Haniyeh.

“We extend our condolences to the Palestinian people who have sacrificed hundreds of thousands of martyrs like Haniyeh in order to live in peace in their homeland under the roof of their own state,” the ministry said in a statement.

Haniyeh's assassination once again demonstrates that the Israeli regime led by prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu has no intention of achieving peace, the statement added.

The ministry also warned that the region will face much larger conflicts if the international community does not take action to stop Israel, adding that Haniyeh's assassination aims to expand the conflict beyond Gaza to a regional scale.

It also reaffirmed Turkey's support for "the just cause of the Palestinian people."

Fatah Military Branch in Gaza Condemns Haniyeh Killing

The Abdul al-Qadir al-Husseini Brigades, the military branch of the Palestinian Fatah movement in the Gaza Strip, also condemned the assassination of Haniyeh in “a treacherous and cowardly Zionist raid” in the Iranian capital Tehran.

It emphasized that the late Hamas leader followed the path of fallen resistance fighters in the battle to defend the Palestinian cause.

Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guard Corps (IRGC) announced in a statement on Wednesday morning that Haniyeh and one of his bodyguards were killed when their residence in the Iranian capital was hit in an attack.

The statement said the attack is under investigation and the results will be announced later in the day.

It also offered condolences to the heroic Palestinian nation, the Muslim Ummah (community) and fighters of the resistance front over the martyrdom of the senior Palestinian resistance leader.  

Haniyeh was in Tehran to attend the swearing-in ceremony of Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian.

Source: Press TV

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