The Iranian Revolutionary Guards announced on Saturday that Hamas' deceased leader, Ismail Haniyeh, was assassinated in Tehran by a short-range missile carrying a 7 kg warhead.

The statement from the Revolutionary Guards warned that Tehran's retaliation for this act would be harsh and would be executed at a suitable time, location, and method. The statement explicitly accused Israel, referred to as the 'adventurous and terrorist Zionist regime,' of being responsible for Haniyeh's death.