Haniyeh’s funeral to be held in Qatar on Friday – report

Gianluca Pacchiani is the Arab affairs reporter for The Times of Israel

FILE -- Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh poses for a photograph in front of a mural showing the Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem and an image of assassinated Hamas spiritual leader Sheikh Ahmed Yassin in Gaza City on February 16, 2006.(Photo by AWAD AWAD / AFP)
FILE -- Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh poses for a photograph in front of a mural showing the Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem and an image of assassinated Hamas spiritual leader Sheikh Ahmed Yassin in Gaza City on February 16, 2006.(Photo by AWAD AWAD / AFP)

Ismail Haniyeh’s funeral will be held in the Qatari capital Doha on Friday, the Saudi-owned Al Hadath news channel reports.

The Hamas leader had been living in the Gulf monarchy since 2019.

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