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Blinken says US not involved in killing of Hamas political chief Haniyeh

'This is something we were not aware of or involved in,' US Secretary of State Antony Blinken says of the assassination of Hamas political chief Ismail Haniyeh [File: Yves Herman/Reuters]

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has said the United States “was not aware of or involved in” the killing of Hamas political leader Ismail Haniyeh, which has escalated already heightened tensions across the Middle East.

In an interview with Channel News Asia on Wednesday, Blinken said he did not want to speculate as to what effect Haniyeh’s killing in the Iranian capital would have.

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