Haniyeh to be buried in Qatar amid growing tensions in MidEast
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00:00On the tarmac of Doha airport, former Hamas chief Khaled Mirshal, accompanied by other
00:05members of Hamas, received the coffin of Ismail Haniyeh.
00:10His body has been flown from Tehran after a public funeral ceremony was held for Haniyeh
00:15on Thursday.
00:17With prayers led by Iran's Supreme Leader Khamenei, the funeral drew huge crowds of
00:22mourners who had come to pay their respects.
00:26I took part in the funeral because it was a duty, and the least I could do, because
00:32Ismail Haniyeh fought and worked so hard.
00:35May God curse the US and Israel, and destroy them.
00:39Hamas's political chief was killed early on Wednesday in an apparent Israeli strike as
00:46he visited Iran for the inauguration of new president Massoud Barzishkan.
00:51Israel has not claimed responsibility for the attack on Haniyeh, but Iran and other
00:56Hamas allies, such as the Houthi rebels in Yemen, have threatened to retaliate.
01:04There must be a military response to the serious crimes and the significant escalation by the
01:08Israeli enemy.
01:11There are clear and announced positions from the Islamic Republic, as well as the rest
01:16of our allies, and efforts are underway to respond.
01:22The assassination came hours after an Israeli strike on Beirut killed one of militant group
01:27Hezbollah's top commanders.
01:30The back-to-back killings have prompted calls for revenge on Israel, raising fears of an
01:34escalation of a wider war in the region.