Russian Foreign Ministry: Haniyeh’s assassination is an unacceptable political murder

Moscow SANA-The Russian President’s Special Representative for the Middle East and Africa, Deputy Foreign Minister, Mikhail Bogdanov, stressed that the assassination of Ismail Haniyeh, head of the political bureau of the Palestinian resistance movement (Hamas), is “an absolutely unacceptable political murder.”

“This is an unacceptable political murder that will lead to further escalation of tensions,” explaining that this crime “will have negative impact on ceasefire talks in Gaza.” Bogdanov told the Novosti agency Wednesday.

On Wednesday morning in Tehran, it was announced that the head of the political bureau of Hamas, Ismail Haniyeh, had been assassinated after his residence was targeted.

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