Hamas political leader Ismail Haniyeh had lauded October 7 attacks

Mr Haniyeh’s death makes him the latest Hamas official to be killed by Israel since the Hamas-led assault last October

Ismail Haniyeh has been with Hamas since the militant group was founded in 1987 (AP)

Ismail Haniyeh, Hamas’ supreme leader in exile who topped Israel’s hit list after the militant group’s October 7 attacks, has been killed in an air strike in the Iranian capital at the age of 62.

Hamas said Mr Haniyeh was killed at his residence in Tehran in an Israeli air strike after he attended the swearing-in ceremony of Iran’s new President.