The case of the murder of Hamas’s political wing chief Ismail Haniyeh is hot these days. Was Haniyeh killed by Indian ‘Amit Nakesh’? Why is such a discussion going on? Let us explain the whole matter to you. Actually, reports of some Turkish media outlets claimed that an agent named ‘Amit Nakesh’ was sent to eliminate the Hamas leader. However, soon these outlets had to face embarrassment and they admitted that they had made a mistake.

Moreover, Turkish news outlets like Usak Ole even ran a profile of Amit Nakesh, speculating that the accused could be an Israeli of Indian origin, as his first name is Amit, which is very common in India. However, Turkish media outlets realized after some time that they had fallen for the Israeli phrase and promptly removed the mention of ‘Amit Nakesh’. Outlets like the Times of Israel and the Jerusalem Post pointed out that ‘Amit Nakesh’ sounds like the Hebrew word Hamitnakesh, which also means murderer.

People made fun of it a lot on social media

This mistake by Turkish media is being widely mocked on social media. Especially in Israel, some people even created a fake profile named ‘Amit Nakesh’. It is known that Hamas Politburo chief Ismail Haniyeh was assassinated in Iran’s capital Tehran on Wednesday morning when he attended the inauguration ceremony of Iran’s new President. Meanwhile, Hamas said that extensive consultations have begun in its leadership and advisory institutions to choose a new chief for the movement. Hamas said in a statement that many of its leaders were killed in the past decades. But the group hurried to choose a replacement for him as per the rules of the movement.