POSSIBLY A FLYING NINJA MISSILE

 More news is coming out about this morning's missile attack that killed Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran. It does not appear to be a ground attack using snipers, someone throwing bombs or using shoulder launched weapons. Reports indicate that it was a very precise, guided missile that went through the window of the house in which Haniyeh was sleeping in the wee hours of Wednesday July 31st 2024. 

The question is how was the missile launched? It could have been fired from a heavy duty drone or possibly from an aircraft (like the F35B Stealth fighter). It does not look like the missile was launched from a "back-pack" type battery operated drone.

It sounds like the ninja missile (aka flying ginsu missile, samurai missile or katana missile). Here are two short videos which paint a pretty accurate picture. The missile carries no explosive charge hence no explosion would have been heard.

The question remains : how was the missile launched? And who exactly fired it? 

Taking out Ismail Haniyeh was opportunistic. His location and timing in Tehran (to attend the inauguration of the new president) was useful to send multiple messages to multiple people. Meaning Ismail Haniyeh could also have been taken out last Tuesday or next Friday.

It throws Hamas out of whack. Hamas has serious leadership issues between the leaders inside Gaza (Yahya Sinwar) and the international face of Hamas based in Qatar. Now only Yahya Sinwar is left inside Gaza. Whoever is picked to replace Haniyeh will be cut off from Gaza from day one.

The Muslim Brotherhood will be scrambling around for a while. 

Fuad Shakur, Commander of Hezbollah's fighting forces in Lebanon was also taken out in Beirut yesterday - using another missile that went in through a window.

On this same day of July 31 (2022) Al Qaeda leader Ayman Zawahiri was taken out with a ninja missile in Kabul. 

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