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Haniyeh was killed in Tehran on July 31 in an assault blamed on Israel, which has circuitously commented on it.
Iran’s Revolutionary Guards mentioned that Israel killed Haniyeh utilizing a “short-range projectile” launched from outdoors of his lodging in Tehran.
Iran mentioned it has the “authorized proper” to answer the assassination, which got here nearly ten months into an Israeli army offensive that has ravaged the Gaza Strip and was sparked by an unprecedented Hamas assault on southern Israel.
The circulating video, nevertheless, reveals the aftermath of a strike in Damascus.
Reverse picture searches of keyframes on Google discovered it shared in a report in regards to the strike by an Argentinian information company here on April 1, 2024 (archived link).
It was additionally revealed by an Israeli newspaper here (archived link).
AFP reported on the time that an air strike hit Iran’s consulate building within the Syrian capital on April 1 and killed 16 folks, together with seven members of Iran’s Revolutionary Guard.
Essentially the most senior determine killed was Brigadier Common Mohammad Reza Zahedi, a senior commander within the Quds Drive, which runs Iran’s international army operations.
Beneath is a screenshot comparability of the video within the false posts (left) and the clip shared in information reviews in regards to the Damascus strike (proper):
The video corresponds to an AFP photo displaying the consulate after the strike.
Beneath is a screenshot comparability of the circulating video (left) and the AFP photograph (proper) with the corresponding options highlighted:
The location seen within the circulating video (left) corresponds with an image geotagged on the identical location (proper) on Google Maps (archived link):
