A plane carrying the body of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh, killed in a strike in Tehran blamed on Israel, lands in Doha after a public funeral in Iran, Qatar-based network Al Jazeera reports.
Haniyeh, who had resided in exile in the Gulf state with other members of Hamas’s political office, is to be buried in Qatar tomorrow following prayers at the Imam Muhammad bin Abdul Wahhab Mosque, Doha’s largest.
Haniyeh and a bodyguard were killed in a pre-dawn strike on their accommodation in Tehran early yesterday morning.
Hamas said in a statement yesterday that the burial ceremonies in Qatar will be held “with popular and factional attendance and the participation of Arab and Islamic leaders.”
A public funeral ceremony for Haniyeh was held in Tehran earlier today.
Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei led prayers for Haniyeh, having earlier threatened “harsh punishment” for his killing.
Ayatollah Ali Khamenei leads prayers over Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh’s coffin at Tehran University as Iran’s new President Masoud Pezeshkian stands to his right, August 1, 2024 (Screengrab/AFP)
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