Emir attends funeral Doha strike victims; Hamas’s Hayya not spotted among mourners

Qatar’s emir, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, attends the funeral of a Qatari security officer along with five Hamas members killed in the Israeli strike on Hamas’s headquarters in Doha.

According to Hamas’s statement on Tuesday, the dead are Jihad Labad, head of the office of top Hamas official Khalil al-Hayya; Himam al-Hayya, Khalil al-Hayya’s son; and three others described as “associates” — either advisers or bodyguards: Abdallah Abd al-Wahid, Muamen Hassouna, and Ahmad Abd al-Malek.

While Hamas has asserted that Khalil al-Hayya and its other leaders were not killed in the strike, he and other top officials in the terror group are not spotted at the Doha funeral, despite his son being among those killed.

The funeral is for all six people killed in the strike, but the emir is seen comforting the family of the Qatari security officer killed, with a diplomatic source indicating that the Qatari victim was the primary reason for Tamim’s presence.

سموّ الأمير @TamimBinHamad حفظه الله يواسي ذوي شهيد الوطن بدر سعد محمد الحميدي الدوسري

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