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Hamas praises Iranian missile strikes avenging deaths of Haniyeh, Nasrallah, and Nilforoushan

By Thomson Reuters Oct 1, 2024 | 1:32 PM

CAIRO (Reuters) – Hamas praised on Tuesday the Iranian missile strikes avenging deaths of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh, Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, and Brigadier General Abbas Nilforoushan.

“We congratulate the heroic rocket launch carried out by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps in Iran, on large areas of our occupied territories, in response to the occupation’s continuing crimes against the peoples of the region, and in retaliation for the blood of our nation’s heroic martyrs.”

(Reporting by Nidal al-Mughrabi; Writing by Tala Ramadan; Editing by Chris Reese and Chizu Nomiyama)