TEHRAN, IRAN - JULY 31:Hundreds of protesting Iranians take part in a protest against the killing of Ismail Haniyeh, the political head of Hamas, in Palestine Square in Tehran, Wednesday, July 31, 2024. Haniyeh, the political head of Hamas, was killed in exile. In the air attack on Wednesday morning in the capital of Iran, Hamas political leader, Ismail Haniyeh, was killed in an airstrike in Tehran after attending the inauguration of Iran's new president. Israel has yet to claim responsibility for his death. (Photo by Majid Saeedi/Getty Images)
  • Zahra Billoo, the executive director of Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) in San Francisco, publicly mourned the assassination of a senior Hamas leader, describing his death as “martyrdom.”
  • The Hamas leader was killed in an Israeli airstrike, and his death has been a subject of controversy.
  • This expression of mourning sparked political debate and criticism due to Hamas’s designation as a terrorist organization by the U.S. government and Billoo’s close connection to Rep. Rashida Tlaib. 
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