Haniyeh to Be Laid to Rest in Qatar: Arab Sources

IQNA – The body of Ismail Haniyeh, the head of the Hamas resistance movement’s political bureau who was martyred in Tehran on Wednesday, will be buried in Qatar, Arab sources said.  

According to the Ma’an news agency, the sources said Haniyeh’s funeral will be held in Doha on Friday, August 2. 

It will be organized after Friday prayers in the capital of the Persian Gulf Arab country, they said.

A funeral procession for Haniyeh is also slated to be held in Tehran on Thursday.

The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps announced on Wednesday morning that Haniyeh and one of his bodyguards were killed when their residence was struck in Tehran.

Haniyeh was in Tehran to attend the inauguration ceremony of Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian.

Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei has underlined that the Israeli regime will face a “severe punishment” for assassinating the Hamas leader.

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