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Bomb smuggled into Tehran guesthouse months ago killed Hamas leader

An explosive device hidden in a heavily guarded complex where Ismail Haniyeh was known to stay in Iran was what killed him, according to a Times investigation.

Ismail Haniyeh, a top leader of Hamas, was assassinated on Wednesday by an explosive device covertly smuggled into the Tehran guesthouse where he was staying, according to seven Middle Eastern officials, including two Iranians, and an American official.

The bomb had been hidden approximately two months ago in the guesthouse, according to five of the Middle Eastern officials. The guesthouse is run and protected by the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps and is part of a large compound, known as Neshat, in an upscale neighborhood of northern Tehran.

Mr. Haniyeh was in Iran’s capital for the presidential inauguration. The bomb was detonated remotely, the five officials said, once it was confirmed that he was inside his room at the guesthouse. The blast also killed a bodyguard.

UnderpantsWeevil ,
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Does this constitute Israeli terrorism? And will the international community move to condemn and sanction these acts?

Glowstick ,

If this is true, why would they release the information about how they did it?

Yes there is some psychological warfare effect that will make hamas people feel scared for a short amount of time, but it will also make them change their security procedures to help prevent this method from working in the future. Their forensics were going to determine that it was a bomb, but they wouldn’t have been able to tell that the bomb was planted so far ahead of time.

I’m not convinced this story is true. I’m not saying it’s false, but i am saying they had no incentive to tell the truth, and in fact they have incentive to lie so that hamas puts work into securing against the wrong method.

rbesfe ,

What makes you so confident it’s Israeli officials leaking the info? The plot would be pretty easy to unravel after the fact by anyone involved in the investigation

Glowstick ,

Explain to me how they could easily tell it was a bomb that was placed there 2 months ago. And that it was detonated remotely. And all the other details.

Xeroxchasechase ,

“I don’t know” is somewhat different than “I know”, you know…

Glowstick ,

I have no idea what you’re trying to say

Gork ,

This is some Sam Fisher Splinter Cell infiltration shit that you’d usually expect to see in video games or Hollywood, not in real life.

Bluefalcon ,

I have a feeling it was more Paul Blart then Sam Fisher. If they riding find a bomb in 2 months then they aren’t finding it on you.

IchNichtenLichten ,
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Imagine the outrage if the Iranians returned the favor.

Israel needs to knock this shit off before they start something they can’t finish.

AmidFuror ,

Imagine the outrage if Hamas staged a raid on Israeli civilians or Hezbollah rocketed a Druze soccer game.

IchNichtenLichten ,
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Sure, we can go back and tally up all the atrocities on each side. Where would that get us exactly?

My point is that the Israeli government has done nothing but escalate and escalate. They have no interest in peace, only continued bloodshed and theft of land. That is not a viable tactic in the long term.

UnderpantsWeevil ,
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Imagine the outrage if Hamas staged a raid on Israeli civilians

You hardly have to imagine.

en.wikipedia.org/…/2018–2019_Gaza_border_protests

The IDF responded by blowing off the kneecaps of entire families of raiders. Adult male raiders, raider wives, and raider children were stopped dead in their tracks.

Obviously, this is the only sane and rational response to such a vicious terrorist act. I’ll be excited to hear Lemmy applaud the response. And the response to the response. And on and on and on, forever.

Magister ,
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Imagine others countries too, it means Mossad may have put bombs in various complex around the world, in some Europe countries? in some south American countries? about everywhere in the world, there is maybe bombs hidden under floor or in wall or whatever, waiting for the right moment.

I guess they also had mics everywhere in this complex.

FlyingSquid ,
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They did something devious and crafty, but in a country which has had major security issues for years.

Let’s not suggest they have superpowers because of it.

Erasmus ,
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The guesthouse is run and protected by the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps and is part of a large compound

A bomb placed two months ago? Geeze, not protected very well by these guys now was it.

I wonder how many more ‘bombs’ are sitting elsewhere waiting to go off.

small44 ,

I wouldn’t be surprised if it was done by a traitor

ralphio ,

TBH don’t know which one would have been more embarressing for the Iranians. That the air defenses would have let an airstrike in Tehran or that they let the Israelis plant a bomb in a secured compound. Honestly I think this is worse for them.

kevindqc ,

And they didn’t find it in two months! No security sweeps?

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