Palestinians mourn death of Hamas chief Haniyeh
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00:00Amidst the rubble in Gaza sits a portrait of Ismail Haniyeh.
00:05Residents in the enclave plunged into grief after the Hamas chief's killing was announced.
00:11Israel crossed red lines not only today but from 1948.
00:16Every month and every day there have been assassinations.
00:20The unjust world supports the state of Israel.
00:23This news is scary.
00:25We feel that he was like a father to us.
00:27It was like he raised us. We owe him greatly.
00:31While residents in Gaza digest the latest killing,
00:35over in the West Bank a general strike was declared.
00:39With shops shuttered, worried residents contemplate what comes next.
00:44The news was shocking for all Palestinian people at home and abroad.
00:48It was a cowardly assassination and another crime to add to the occupation's record.
00:54There will be a response to the assassination.
00:57I expect there to be a strong response and also one coming from Lebanon.
01:01News of Ismail Haniyeh's targeting in Iran has also been reverberating across Israel
01:07and the reaction out on the streets is mixed.
01:11You don't want to be too excited because we're still in a very intense war on two borders
01:18and I think we're smart enough to know that this could lead to something a lot bigger.
01:23It bothers me that for nine months now there's no certainty, no sense of stability.
01:28Ismail Haniyeh's killing is just the latest development in the war between Israel and Hamas,
01:34which will soon enter its 10th month.
01:37His assassination is likely to throw the ceasefire talks up in the air
01:41as Israeli hostages remain in Gaza.