Title: Khamenei Threatens Israel with "Severe Punishment" Following Haniyeh's Assassination

Iranian leader Ali Khamenei stated on Wednesday that the "assassination of Hamas political bureau chief Ismail Haniyeh at his residence north of Tehran has paved the way for severe punishment that Israel will face." Khamenei said in a statement: "The criminal and terrorist Zionist regime has, through this act, paved the way for severe punishment against it, and we see it as our duty to respond to those who carried out the assassination, as they have violated the sovereignty of the Islamic Republic of Iran since the crime took place on our soil."