Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz confirmed on December 23 that the Israeli military was behind the elimination of Ismail Haniyeh, head of the political bureau of the Palestinian group Hamas in Iran, The Times of Israel reported.
"We will strike the strategic facilities of the Houthis and decapitate their leaders. As we did with Haniyeh, Sinwar and Nasrallah in Tehran, Gaza and Lebanon, we will do the same with the leaders of the Houthis in Hodeidah and Sana'a," the publication quoted Katz as saying. organization is shelling Israel with rockets, I want to convey a clear message to them. we defeated Hamas and Hezbollah, we crippled Iran's defense systems and damaged its missile production systems.
We overthrew the Assad regime in Syria, dealt heavy blows to the "axis of evil" and we will deal a serious blow to the Houthi terrorist organization in Yemen," he emphasized. Haniyeh was killed in Tehran at the end of July.
Iran accused Israel of murder. The Israeli side neither confirmed nor denied its involvement in the attack. The Israeli military later eliminated Yahya Sinwar, who replaced Haniyeh. At the end of September, the Israeli Air Force launched an airstrike on the southern suburbs of Beirut, where Hezbollah's headquarters are located. As a result of this strike, the general secretary of the movement, Hassan Nasrallah, was killed.
