"My Back Is Broken": Haniyeh's Daughter Mourns Father’s Assassination in Tehran

According to Saed News, the daughter of Ismail Haniyeh, a senior Hamas leader and former Palestinian prime minister, has publicly mourned the assassination of her father with a deeply emotional message that has resonated widely across the Arab world.

Haniyeh, born in 1963 and long regarded as one of the most prominent figures in Palestinian resistance politics, was killed in a targeted Israeli strike in Tehran on July 31, 2024. The assassination has drawn both condemnation and silence from regional actors, amid escalating tensions between Israel and Iranian-allied groups.

In the aftermath of the incident, Haniyeh’s daughter, Sara, took to Twitter with a short but powerful lament: “My back is broken... Where did you go? Where did you go and leave your beloved Sara?” The message, accompanied by a photo of her father, quickly spread across social media platforms, triggering an outpouring of solidarity and sorrow from pro-Palestinian communities.

The assassination of Haniyeh on Iranian soil is widely seen as a bold escalation in Israel’s shadow conflict with Iranian-backed militias and political groups, raising questions about intelligence penetration and the growing geographic scope of targeted operations.

Sara Haniyeh’s post has become a symbol of the human toll behind geopolitical strife—laying bare not just political loss, but personal devastation. As regional tensions continue to simmer, such voices remind the world that behind every act of war stands a family shattered.