Since launching its retaliatory war in Gaza, Israel claims to have eliminated the leaders of militant groups including, Sinwar, the mastermind of the 7 October attack on Israel, and Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah, who was killed in an airstrike on a building complex in Beirut.

Israel's Defense Minister, Israel Katz, has publicly confirmed that Israel was responsible for the assassination of Hamas political leader Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran in July 2024. This marks the first official acknowledgment of Israel's involvement in Haniyeh's death,

Iran on Tuesday denounced what it termed Israel's "brazen admission" of having killed former Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran earlier this year, accusing the country of having carried out a "heinous crime" and defending its missile-strike response.