US ‘Not Aware Of Or Involved In’ Hamas Chief’s Killing: Blinken

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Singapore: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said that the United States was “not aware of or involved in” the killing of Hamas’s Political Leader Ismail Haniyeh in Iran.

“I can’t tell you what this means. I can tell you that the imperative of getting a ceasefire, the importance that that has for everyone, remains,” Blinken said during an interview in Singapore on Wednesday.

“This is something we were not aware of or involved in,” Antony said of the killing.

Haniyeh was in Iran to attend the inauguration of Iran’s new President when he was killed by an Israeli air strike, Hamas informed on Wednesday.

Blinken, who is visiting Singapore, stated that a Gaza ceasefire is also essential to prevent the conflict from spreading to the rest of the region.

“We’ve been working from day one not only to try to get to a better place in Gaza but also to prevent the conflict from spreading, whether it’s the north with Lebanon and Hezbollah, whether it’s the Red Sea with the Huthis, whether it’s Iran, Syria, Iraq, you name it,” Blinken told a forum in the city-state.