(2 Aug 2024)
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Beirut – 2 August 2024
1. Wide of symbolic funeral procession for Ismail Haniyeh, Hamas’ political leader who was killed in a presumed Israeli strike
2. Various of procession of people holding flags and carrying mock coffins of Haniyeh and his body guard who was also killed in the strike
3. Various of ambulances with pictures of Hanyeh and his body guard, coffins
STORYLINE:
Hundreds of people held a symbolic funeral for Hamas top leader Ismail Haniyeh and his bodyguard.
Haniyeh was killed Wednesday by a predawn airstrike in the Iranian capital, Iran and the militant group said, blaming Israel for a shock assassination that risked escalating into an all-out regional war. Iran’s supreme leader vowed revenge against Israel.
A funeral was taking place Friday in Doha, Qatar.
The funeral came a day after Israel said it had confirmed that the head of Hamas’ military wing, Mohammed Deif, was killed in an July 13 airstrike in Gaza, and a few days after Israel said it had killed Hezbollah commander Fouad Shukur in a strike in Lebanon.
Hamas has yet to comment and had previously claimed Deif survived last month’s targeted airstrike.
Israel has yet to claim or deny a role in the killing of Haniyeh, but Hamas and its allies say it was responsible.
The group said he was killed in a missile strike on a Tehran guesthouse where he was staying while after attending the inauguration of Iran’s new president.
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