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“This terrorist operation was carried out by launching a short-range projectile with an approximately 7-kilogram warhead from outside the settlement area, causing a powerful explosion,” the Guards said in a statement, adding that Israel was “supported by the United States.”
Haniyeh was killed early Wednesday in the Iranian capital after arriving to attend the swearing-in ceremony of new president Masoud Pezeshkian. Iran and Hamas have vowed to retaliate. The Guards reiterated their demand that Haniyeh be avenged and vowed that Israel would receive “severe punishment at the appropriate time, place and manner.”
Iranian military commander Mohammad Bagheri also threatened Israel with “bloody revenge”. He said the armed forces were now only considering when and how to launch a retaliatory strike. “It is certain that the Zionists will bitterly regret this act,” the general said.
Israel “will not hold back” if Iran launches a retaliatory attack, a senior Israeli security official warned on Friday. At the time, the US said it was sending a fighter squadron to the Middle East to bolster its military power in the region. The US Defense Department is taking steps to “reduce the possibility that Iran or Iran’s partners and proxies in the region will escalate,” the official said.
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