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Qatar says killing of Hamas chief ‘heinous crime,’ warns of ‘dangerous escalation’
Qatari Emir Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani (R), in a meeting with Hamas politburo leader Ismail Haniyeh (L) and official Khaled Mashal in Doha, Qatar, October 17, 2016. (Qatar government handout)
Qatar condemns the killing of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh in a strike as he visited Tehran, describing it as a “heinous crime,” the Gulf state’s foreign ministry says.
Qatar, which hosts Hamas’s leadership that had included Haniyeh and has mediated in truce talks for the war in Gaza, says the killing was a “dangerous escalation,” adding that it will “lead to the region slipping into chaos and undermine the chances of peace.”
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