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Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh was killed in Tehran by hidden explosive device: report
The assassination of Hamas political chief Ismail Haniyeh was carried out in Tehran this week using an explosive device that was hidden months ago inside the guesthouse where he was staying, a report says.
The bomb ended up being remotely detonated around 2 a.m. local time Wednesday, killing Haniyeh and a bodyguard at the compound protected by the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps in the northern part of Iran’s capital, Middle Eastern officials told The New York Times.
Haniyeh was in Tehran for Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian’s swearing-in on Tuesday. The State Department did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Fox News Digital about the report.
The officials, speaking on condition of anonymity, told The New York Times that the explosive device was placed in the room where Haniyeh was staying around two months ago and was set off on Wednesday once it was confirmed that he was there.
HAMAS LEADER ISMAIL HANIYEH IS ASSASSINATED
Ismail Haniyeh, the Doha, Qatar-based political bureau chief of Hamas, speaks to the press after a meeting with the Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian in Tehran on March 26, 2024. (AFP via Getty Images)
They said Haniyeh had stayed at the guesthouse several times before while visiting Tehran, adding that Israeli intelligence officials later briefed their counterparts in the U.S. and other Western governments about the operation in its immediate aftermath.
Israel has not come out publicly to claim responsibility for the killing, but Iran and Hamas are blaming the Jewish State for being behind it, according to The Associated Press.
Three Iranian officials separately told The New York Times that the security breach that allowed the explosive device to find its way into the compound where Haniyeh was residing – which is used by the Guards for secret meetings and housing prominent guests – is a massive embarrassment to the military agency.
IRAN’S AYATOLLAH ALI KHAMENEI ORDERS ‘DIRECT’ ATTACK ON ISRAEL: REPORT
Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, center, leads a prayer over the coffins of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh and his bodyguard who were killed in an assassination blamed on Israel on Wednesday. (Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader via AP)
It’s unclear how the bomb allegedly was stashed inside the property.
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken – when asked Wednesday about the matter – said he has «seen the reports.»
«And what I can tell you is this. First, this is something we were not aware of or involved in,» Blinken said. «It’s very hard to speculate, and I’ve learned over many years never to speculate on the impact one event may have on something else. So I can’t tell you what this means.
Iranians follow a truck, center, carrying the coffins of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh and his bodyguard, during their funeral ceremony in Tehran, Iran, on Thursday, Aug. 1. (AP/Vahid Salemi)
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«I can tell you that the imperative of getting a ceasefire,» in Gaza, «the importance that that has for everyone, remains,» he also said.
Fox News’ Landon Mion contributed to this report.
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Greenland’s center-right party pulls off upset victory as Trump seeks control
Greenland’s center-right Demokraatit party pulled off a surprise victory in the country’s parliamentary elections, taking Greenlandic Prime Minister Múte Egede’s party, Inuit Ataqatigiit, out of power. Independence from Denmark became a focal point of the election amid President Donald Trump’s repeated talk of the U.S. taking control.
«People want change … We want more business to finance our welfare,» said Jens-Frederik Nielsen, Demokraatit’s leader, according to Reuters. The outlet added that Nielsen said Greenland does not «want independence tomorrow» and would prefer separation from Denmark be based on a «good foundation.»
Leader of Demokraatit, Jens-Frederik Nielsen, reacts during the election party at cafe Killut in Nuuk, March 12, 2025. (Ritzau Scanpix/Mads Claus Rasmussen via REUTERS)
GREENLAND’S OPPOSITION PARTY PUSHES CLOSER US TIES, INDEPENDENCE FROM DENMARK AS TRUMP PLAYS BIG IN ELECTION
Four of the five main parties on the ballot, including the ones that won first and second place, Demokraatit Party and Naleraq, favor independence from Denmark, but disagree on the pace. Greenland, whose population is approximately 57,000 people, currently operates as a semi-autonomous territory of the Kingdom of Denmark. However, Trump’s renewed interest in the island sparked conversations about breaking away from the Danish crown.
Prime Minister Egede, whose party failed to maintain control, said in a Facebook post that he respects the outcome of the election and that the parties are ready for negotiations.
Danish Defense Minister Troels Lund Poulsen congratulated the Demokraatit Party and said the Greenlandic future would face «massive pressure» from Trump, according to the Associated Press, which cited Danish Broadcasting Corporation DR. Poulsen reportedly added that «the future of Greenland is based on what the Greenlandic people and government want.»
The Demokraatit Party saw a major increase in support, winning nearly 30% of the vote compared to just 9% in 2021, according to the Associated Press, which cited Greenlandic Broadcasting Corporation KNR TV.
Poster for Demokraatit, Jens-Frederik Nielsen, in front of Godthaabshallen where voting takes place in connection with the parliamentary election to Inatsisartut in Nuuk, Greenland, Tuesday, March 11, 2025. (Mads Claus Rasmussen/Ritzau Scanpix via AP)
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Earlier this month, Trump brought up Greenland in his address to a joint session of Congress.
«We strongly support your right to determine your own future, and, if you choose, we welcome you into the United States of America,» Trump said, eliciting laughter from the crowd. «We need Greenland for national security and even international security, and we’re working with everybody involved to try and get it… One way or the other, we’re going to get it.»
In the same address, Trump vowed that the U.S. would «take Greenland to heights like you have never thought possible before.»
Campaign posters hang outside of the polling station ahead of tomorrow’s general election on March 10, 2025 in Ilulissat, Greenland. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)
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During a January phone call with Trump, Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said that Greenland must be allowed to make decisions about its own future. Both Prime Ministers Frederiksen and Egede told President Trump that «Greenland is not for sale,» Axios reported at the time.
In December 2024, then-President-elect Trump tapped Ken Howery as US ambassador to Denmark. Trump said in a post on Truth Social announcing the pick that «the United States of America feels that the ownership and control of Greenland is an absolute necessity.»
President Trump also eyed Greenland during his first term, causing friction between himself and Prime Minister Frederiksen. In 2019, after the Danish leader called the idea of the U.S. buying Greenland «absurd,» President Trump abruptly canceled his trip to Denmark over the «nasty» comment.
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