US not involved in Hamas chief’s killing in Iran, Blinken says
31.07.2024
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The United States was "not aware of or involved in" the killing of top Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Wednesday,
reports Channel News Asia (CNA)
Blinken was speaking to CNA during his two-day official visit to Singapore, hours after it was reported that Haniyeh—a key figure in the Gaza ceasefire talks—was killed in his residence in Iran's capital Tehran.
When asked if what impact the killing is going to have, Blinken said: “It's very hard to speculate, and I've learned over many years never to speculate on the impact one event may have on something else.”
Instead, he stressed on the importance of getting a ceasefire to end the nine-month war, saying: “We will continue to labor that for as long as it takes to get there.”
Blinken said the imperative of getting a ceasefire remains the best way of bringing down tensions in the Middle East.
Ismail Haniyeh, one of the leaders of the Palestinian group Hamas, was killed in the capital of Iran, Tehran, Wednesday morning. Haniyeh, 62, was the longtime political leader of Hamas.