Israel killed over 60 members of Haniyeh's family since October 7: Hamas

Hamas on Wednesday said that more than 60 members of its political chief Ismail Haniyeh's family have been killed by Israel since October 7.

In April, three sons of Ismail Haniyeh, Hazem, Amir, and Mohammad, were killed in the Israeli bombing, along with his three granddaughters and one grandson.

Later in July, a devastating Israeli airstrike killed ten members of Haniyeh's family in Gaza.

According to the Palestinian Jihadist group, the attack was part of a larger pattern of targeting Haniyeh's relatives.

Ismail Haniyeh, along with his security guard, was also killed by Israeli missile last night in Iran's Tehran.

Haniyeh was in Tehran to attend the swearing-in ceremony of newly-elected Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian on Tuesday.

This is not an isolated incident as Israel has a history of targeting Hamas leaders.

In January 1996, Israel's campaign of targeted killings began with the assassination of Yahya Ayyash, Hamas's military leader, in Gaza's Beit Lahiya.

Eight years later, in March 2004, Israeli forces killed Hamas's spiritual leader and founder, Sheikh Ahmed Yasin, in a strike in Gaza.

Just a month later, in April 2004, Yasin's successor and Hamas co-founder, Abdel Aziz al-Rantisi, was also killed by an Israeli helicopter missile strike in the enclave region.

The killing of senior Hamas official Saleh al-Arouri in an Israeli drone strike occurred in Beirut in January 2024.