Three people who were in the building tell MEE they heard sounds before an explosion and reject reports Hamas leader was killed by a planted bomb

Three individuals who were in the heavily guarded building in Tehran where Ismail Haniyeh was assassinated have told Middle East Eye that the Hamas political chief was killed by a projectile fired at his room and not a planted bomb.

The individuals, one of whom was staying in a room near Haniyeh’s, said on Friday that they heard sounds before an explosion shook the building, sounds they said appeared to be consistent with those made by a missile.

“This was definitely a projectile and not a planted bomb,” one of the individuals told MEE, adding that they saw the aftermath of the explosion which appeared to be consistent with an attack by a missile.

  • Linkerbaan@lemmy.worldOP
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    4 months ago

    So how did israel bomb the port of Yemen last week? Someone refueled their airplane.

    America has bases in Iraq, Jordan and Saudi and practically all the rest. Remember the Iraqis telling America to get out recently and America saying “nah”.

    You heavily underestimate how complicit the US is in the israeli Genocide in Gaza. Aside from an israeli pushing the fire button everything else is American.The Biden administration is still claiming israel did not commit a single war crime just as a reminder.

    Of course it’s not confirmed it was a missile yet but I certainly wouldn’t rule it out yet. But the bomb theory originates from NYT only which is hit or miss when it comes to the Genocide. Especially with the picture of the building in the article which indicates a wall blown up by a missile

    • philpo@feddit.orgDeutsch
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      3 months ago

      As mentioned the Israelis used their tankers for Yemen- this has been confirmed in various media reports by now. Which is far easier considering they could easily use the red sea for these.

      …when they bombed Natanz earlier in 2024 they needed to bomb two radar installations on their way there to deliver a loitering ammunition with a far greater range to closer target.

      … Sure,the US could have allowed Israeli jets to use Al Udeid(which is the only base that allows F35 in the region and range that is currently under direct US control)for refuelling. But this base is basically under 34/7 surveillance by every half worthy intelligence agency and a lot of plane spotters. Al-Asad is used in conjunction with the Iraqis (which would surely not keep their mouth shut if the Israelis showed up there, especially after the earlier attack on their radar).Also range wise it is to far away.

      … I have explained why a drone attack even from a US installation is next to impossible in my other post. As well as the small likelyhood of the US administration to risk a direct involvement here (which does not make their stance on Gaza any better).

      And for the rest here: Look at OPs post history. It’s basically only one sided posts on the Gaza/IIR/Hezbollah conflict and sprinkled with fake news. OP is a IIR shill