Hamas political leader Haniyeh assassinated in Iran

The militant group Hamas said Wednesday that Israel assassinated its political leader, Ismail Haniyeh, in Tehran, where Haniyeh had traveled to attend the swearing-in of Iran's new president.

Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said Haniyeh was killed in a predawn airstrike, although details of the attack were not immediately known. Hamas said in a posting on Telegram that he was killed at a residence i