The assassination of Hamas’s political leader Ismail Haniyeh was not short on symbolism. Hours after attending the inauguration of Iran’s new president, he was killed in an attack in a guesthouse in Tehran — the seat of power of Hamas’s political patrons.
The high-profile killing is expected to elicit a retaliation from Iran against Israel, which it blamed for the strike. But the long-term impact on Hamas itself, and its war with Israel in Gaza, is likely to be more limited, according to diplomats and former Israeli security officials.
Since Hamas was founded in 1987, the reach of Israel’s intelligence services has enabled them to track down and kill many of the Palestinian militant group’s leaders in locations across the Middle East.
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