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IRGC provides further details on Haniyeh's assassination
3 August 2024 12:47 BST
Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh was killed by a "short-range projectile with a warhead of about 7kg, accompanied by a severe explosion from outside his room".
The IRGC said in a statement that Haniyeh's assassination was "planned and carried out by the Zionist regime" and supported by the "criminal government of the US", adding that Tehran's response will be "severe and at the appropriate time, place and manner".