'Israel's assassination of Haniyeh is a crime': Jordanian foreign ministry

Jordan has condemned the assassination of Hamas' political leader Ismail Haniyeh.

"Jordan condemns in the strongest terms Israel’s assassination of the head of the political bureau of the Islamic Resistance Movement in Palestine (Hamas), Ismail Haniyeh, may God have mercy on him, in the Iranian capital, Tehran, in violation of international law and international humanitarian law, and an escalator crime that will push towards more tension and chaos in the region," the foreign ministry said in a statement on X.