TEHRAN, Jul. 31 (MNA) – The collapse of the Zionist regime will be accelerated with the martyrdom of Ismail Haniyeh, Iranian political expert and former diplomat Mohsen Pakaeen says.

Certainly, the agents of the Zionist regime cannot reduce the motivation of the Palestinian people to continue the resistance with the martyrdom of the combatants who are fighting against the occupier for the liberation of Palestine, Pakaein said in an interview with Mehr News Agency on Wednesday.

Today, the Palestinian people, Hamas, and the Axis of Resistance are determined to fight to keep the Palestinian flag raised and continue the jihad to destroy Israel, he added.

The martyrdom of Ismail Haniyeh will not change this trend, he stressed.

"As the most notorious criminal in modern history, Netanyahu and his supporters, including arrogant America, will see the destruction of Israel and the victory of Palestine, which will lead to the creation of a new order in the region."

Ismail Haniyeh and one of his bodyguards were martyred after their residence was targeted in Tehran, according to a statement released by the IRGC.

"With condolences to the heroic nation of Palestine and the Islamic nation and the combatants of the Resistance Front and the noble nation of Iran, this morning (Wednesday) the residence of Mr. Dr. Ismail Haniyeh, the head of the political office of the Islamic Resistance of Hamas, was hit in Tehran, and following this incident, he and one of his bodyguards were martyred," the statement reads.

Further investigation into the incident is underway.

Mousa Abu Marzook, a member of the Hamas Political Bureau, has vowed to take revenge for the martyrdom of the chief of the political bureau of the Palestinian Resistance movement Ismail Haniyeh.

The Hamas official stressed that the cowardly assassination of Haniyeh will not go unanswered.

Commenting on the incident, Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Nasser Kan'ani said that an investigation into the details of this incident by the relevant institutions of the Islamic Republic of Iran is underway.

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