From Paris to Beirut: Israel’s long record of assassinating Palestinians

Hamas political boss Ismail Haniyeh was assassinated in Tehran, Iran in the early hours of Wednesday, after the building where he was staying was struck in an attack that the Palestinian group blamed on Israel. The group said that Haniyeh was killed “in a Zionist airstrike” on his residence in Tehran after he participated in the inauguration of Iran’s new president, Masoud Pezeshkian. His death comes a day after Israel targeted Hezbollah commander Fuad Shukr in Beirut. Haniyeh’s killing in Tehran also follows a long pattern of assassinations of Palestinian leaders, from Rome to Paris, Beirut to Athens, and from Gaza to Tunis. Israel has rarely claimed responsibility for the killings — though it usually also does not deny its role. And analysts are convinced that these assassinations bear Israel’s stamp, stretching over more than half a century. Al Jazeera’s Michael Appel reports. Subscribe to our channel: http://bit.ly/AJSubscribe Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera Check our website: http://www.aljazeera.com/ Check out our Instagram page: https://www.instagram.com/aljazeeraenglish/ Download AJE Mobile App: https://aje.io/AJEMobile #Hamas #IsmailHaniyeh #IsmailHaniyehAssassinated #HamasLeader #HamasChiefKilled #Iran #Palestine #Gaza #Israel #IsraelGazaWar #IsraelHamasWar #IranRevolutionaryGuard #Tehran #IRGC #HamasLeaders #HowIsIsmailHaniyeh #IsraelTargetedAssassination #Hezbollah #Houthi #HezbollahCommanderKilled #HamasPoliticalLeaderKilled #IsraelAttackOnIran #AlJazeeraEnglish