Hamas says it will retaliate against Israel for Haniyeh's murder

Hamas will respond to Israel for the murder of Ismail Haniyeh, the head of the political bureau of this Palestinian movement. Youssef Hamdan, the Hamas representative in Algeria, told about this to RIA Novosti.

The death of Haniyeh will not affect the decisions of the leadership of Hamas and its organizations, Hamdan emphasized, adding that Israel will pay the price of this crime and all the crimes it committed against the Palestinian people.

Ismail Haniyeh was killed in an attack on his residence in the capital of Iran, Tehran. According to the statement of Hamas, the head of its political bureau was killed in an Israeli attack after he had attended the inauguration ceremony of the new Iranian president.

Israeli army officials declined to comment to CNN after Haniyeh's murder, saying they do not respond to foreign media reports.

The White House told CNN they were aware of the incident, but declined to discuss it further.