Hamas refutes claim that Haniyeh was killed by a bomb] Hamas representative to Iran Khaled Kaddoumi once again refuted the claim that "Hamas leader Haniyeh was killed by a bomb hidden in the hotel where he was staying" during an interview with a live program on Iranian state television on August 4 local time. Kaddoumi said that the bomb that hit the building where Haniyeh was "probably a missile, a rocket, or an artillery shell", but it was not a bomb hidden in advance. According to Kaddoumi's recollection, "something did hit the building from above, and the damage to the building was from top to bottom, not from bottom to top."