Iran's Own Revolutionary Guards Helped Mossad Kill Haniyeh in Tehran

The Mossad spy agency reportedly used agents within Iran's Revolutionary Guards to plant explosives in a Tehran guesthouse where Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh was staying, as per a Telegraph report. This comes amid reports of arrests in Tehran, including senior intelligence and military officials, linked to the killing.

The New York Times corroborated this, noting Haniyeh was not killed in an aerial strike as Iran claimed. Israel has not commented on the incident, while Iran and its proxies have vowed revenge. The Telegraph detailed that agents planted explosives in three rooms and left Iran, detonating the bombs remotely.

The New York Times reports that over 24 people were arrested by the Revolutionary Guards, including senior intelligence and military officers, on suspicion of being involved in the assassination of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh.

Among the detainees are senior officers, some from the intelligence wing of the Revolutionary Guards. In addition, members of the staff of the guest house where Haniyeh was staying were arrested.

According to a report in the British Telegraph, the Mossad recruited agents from the Revolutionary Guards for this mission, and they planted explosive material about two months ago - after the helicopter crash which killed the previous President of Iran, Ebrahim Raisi.

According to Iranian sources, the plan was to assassinate Haniyeh upon his arrival at Raisi's funeral but the plan was postponed.

Subsequently, the Mossad sent two agents to plant explosives in three different rooms in the guesthouse in northern Tehran.

The agents were sent to these rooms due to the high probability that Haniyeh would stay in them. According to the report, Iranian officials hold footage of the agents moving between several rooms within minutes. After planting the explosives, the agents, suspected of working in the VIP Protection Unit of the Revolutionary Guards, fled Iran - but maintained a source inside the country.

Early Wednesday morning, the agents remotely activated the explosives, killing the head of Hamas's political bureau.