The bomb was planted TWO MONTHS ago inside the hotel room! Details of the assassination of the Hamas leader in Tehran are revealed

The assassination of Hamas political chief Ismail Haniyeh was carried out in Tehran this week using an explosive device that was hidden months ago inside the guesthouse where he was staying, a report said.

The bomb detonated remotely around 2 a.m. local time on Wednesday, killing Haniyeh and a bodyguard at the compound protected by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps in the northern part of Iran's capital, Middle Eastern officials told New York. Times.

Haniyeh was in Tehran for the swearing in of Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian. The State Department did not immediately respond to a request for comment from the US media "Fox News" regarding the report.

The officials, speaking on condition of anonymity, told The New York Times that the explosive device was planted in the room where Haniyeh was staying about two months ago and was set off on Wednesday after it was confirmed that he was there.

They said Haniyeh had stayed at the hostel several times before while visiting Tehran, adding that Israeli intelligence officials later informed their counterparts in the US and other Western governments of the immediate operation behind him.

Israel has not publicly claimed responsibility for the killing, but Iran and Hamas are blaming the Jewish state for being behind it, according to the Associated Press.

Three Iranian officials separately told The New York Times that the security breach that allowed the explosive device to be planted inside the compound where Haniyeh lived, which is used by the Guard for secret meetings and housing high-level guests, is a major embarrassment for an agency military.