Slain Hamas chief, Ismail Haniyeh buried in Qatar

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Slain Hamas leader, Ismail Haniyeh has  been buried in Qatar.

Haniyeh who was reported killed in Tehran few days ago and Israel has been accused of having a hand in his killing.

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Haniyeh, the Palestinian armed group’s political chief, had resided in Doha along with other members of the Hamas political office.

He was buried at a cemetery in Lusail, north of the Qatari capital, following funeral prayers at the Imam Muhammad bin Abdul Wahhab mosque, the gas-rich emirate’s largest.

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His killing sparked calls for revenge and is among several incidents that have inflamed regional tensions during the Gaza war between Israel and Hamas which has drawn in Iran-backed militant groups in Syria, Lebanon, Iraq and Yemen.

Haniyeh and a bodyguard were killed in the pre-dawn attack on their accommodation in Tehran early on Wednesday, Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said.

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He had travelled to Iran to attend Tuesday’s swearing-in of President Masoud Pezeshkian.

Israel, accused by Hamas, Iran and others of the attack, has not directly commented on it.

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The Hamas leader’s assassination came just hours after Israel struck a southern suburb of Beirut, killing Fuad Shukr, the military commander of Hamas-allied Lebanese militant group Hezbollah.

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