On July 31, local time, in response to the attack and death of Haniyeh, the leader of the Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) Politburo, in Tehran, Hamas's high-level leader Khalil · Haya held a press conference in Tehran on the same day. He said Israel would pay a heavy price for its crimes.
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At the press conference, Khalil · Haya revealed some details of the attack on Chania. He said that witnesses said that a missile hit Chania's room and exploded, killing Chania and her bodyguards, and seriously damaging doors, windows and walls at the scene. A full investigation of the incident by the Iran side is awaited.
Khalil · Haya also said that Israel is targeting Lebanon and Iran to launch provocations to the world. They want to extend the conflict to the entire region. Israel will pay a heavy price for the assassination of Chania.
Netanyahu. Source: CCTV News
On the evening of July 31, local time, Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu delivered a televised speech at the Kiria military base in Tel Aviv. In his speech, the Israel prime minister called it a "devastating blow to Iran's proxies."
This is Netanyahu's first public statement after the assassination of Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) Politburo leader Haniyeh in Iran and Israel's air strikes on the southern suburbs of Lebanon's capital, Beirut.
But Netanyahu did not explicitly mention the circumstances of the attack on Haniyeh in his speech.
Ilavani, Permanent Representative of Iran to the United Nations. Source: CCTV News
On the 31st local time, the Permanent Representative of Iran to the United Nations sent a letter to the United Nations Security Council and the United Nations Secretary-General on the attack and death of Ismail · Hania, the leader of the Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) Politburo, in Iran.
The letter noted that the terrorist attack was a violation of Iran's sovereignty and territorial integrity, and that the Israel regime had launched a cowardly terrorist attack on the residence of Hamas leader Haniyeh in Tehran.
Iran will respond decisively to this incident by exercising its inherent legitimate right to defence, in accordance with the Charter of the United Nations.
Al Jazeera reporter Ismail · Argul. Source: CCTV News
On the 31st local time, Al Jazeera reporter Ismael Algour and photographer Rami ·Al-Rifi were killed in a Israel bombing in Gaza City · Al-Gree.
The attack took place in the Shati refugee camp in Gaza and near the residence of the previously assassinated Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) leader Ismail · Haniyeh in the Gaza Strip, where media reporters gathered.