Israel reportedly waited until after the inauguration of Iran’s new president, Masoud Pezeshkian, to carry out the assassination of former Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran, in order to avoid disrupting the inauguration events, according to Channel 12. The network shared what it claims are new details about the complex operation, and Defense Minister Yisroel Katz confirmed last week that Israel was responsible for the attack.
Haniyeh was killed by a remote-controlled bomb in his guest house during a visit to Tehran for the inauguration in July. According to the heavily censored report, the operation, which had been planned for months, nearly failed at the final moment when the air conditioning unit in Haniyeh’s room malfunctioned in the middle of the night.
After the AC broke down, Haniyeh left the room for a considerable period, which raised concerns that he might have moved to another room for the night. If that had happened, it would have inadvertently prevented his death, as the small bomb required Haniyeh to be in the room when it detonated.
The staff was able to repair the air conditioning unit, and Haniyeh returned to his room. The bomb was then detonated around 1:30 a.m. Following his death, Haniyeh was succeeded by Yahya Sinwar as Hamas’s political leader. Sinwar, previously the group’s military chief, had a brief tenure, as he was killed in Rafah, southern Gaza, in October.
{Matzav.com Israel}
Iranian Repairman Who Fixed Hotel Room AC for Haniyeh, Charged With “Extreme Competence and High Level Expertise,” Sentenced To Death
An Iranian AC repairman, who fixed an AC unit in the hotel room where Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh was assassinated in while visiting Tehran in the summer, received a death sentence in a court of law on Friday on charges he was, “Incredibly skilled and way too competent!”
“The jury finds the the defendant guilty of extreme competence and way too much skill,” the judge announced in an Iranian courtroom on Friday. “If not for the AC repairman’s incredible skill, high level expertise and extreme competency, Mr. Haniyeh would have switched rooms for the evening, and he’d still be alive today directing terrorist operations for Hamas.”
“Hence,” the judge said, “I am sentencing the defendant – the detestable AC repairman – to death by means of extreme heat exposure with absolutely no AC!”
“Let this be a lesson to one and all,” the judge proclaimed, “not to be so incredibly competent and amazingly skilled in the jobs you perform!”
You’re a real idiot