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Moscow, Russia – 17 March 2024
1. STILL of Russian Presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov ++OVERLAID WITH AUDIO IN SHOT 2++
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Moscow, Russia – 31 July 2024
2. SOUNDBITE (Russian) Dmitry Peskov, spokesman for Russian President Vladimir Putin:
"We strongly condemn this attack, which led to the death of Mr. (Ismail) Haniyeh. We believe such actions are directed against attempts to establish peace in the region. And moreover, it can significantly destabilize the already tense situation.”
++ENDS ON SOUNDBITE++
STORYLINE:
The spokesman for Russian President Vladimir Putin condemned the assassination of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh and expressed concerns over the potential destabilization of the situation in the region.
"We believe such actions are directed against attempts to establish peace in the region and moreover it can significantly destabilize the already tense situation," Dmitry Peskov said during his daily briefing.
Haniyeh was killed by a predawn airstrike in the Iranian capital Wednesday, Iran and the militant group said, blaming Israel for a shock assassination that risks escalating the conflict even as the U.S. and other nations were scrambling to prevent an all-out regional war. Iran’s supreme leader vowed revenge against Israel.
There was no immediate comment from Israel, which has pledged to kill Haniyeh and other Hamas leaders over the group’s Oct. 7 attack on southern Israel in which the Palestinian militant group killed 1,200 people and took some 250 others hostage.
The strike came just after Haniyeh had attended the inauguration of Iran’s new president in Tehran — and only hours after Israel targeted a top commander in Iran’s ally Hezbollah in the Lebanese capital Beirut.
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