Fidan expressed "deep sorrow" on Wednesday over the assassination of Hamas political bureau chief Ismail Haniyeh in Iran.
"I learned with deep sadness that my dear brother Ismail Haniyeh was martyred in Iran," Fidan said on X.
"We are witnesses to his recent efforts to achieve a cease-fire. Even when his family members were killed by Israel, he never lost his faith in peace," Fidan said, conveying his condolences, Anadolu Agency reported.
Describing Haniyeh as a "symbol" of Palestinian resistance, Fidan said the Hamas chief's "noble memory will live on in the just cause of the Palestinian people."
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.
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