00:00Massive crowds lined the streets of Tehran to bid a final farewell to Ismail Haniyeh.
00:05The Hamas political chief received an elaborate funeral in the Iranian capital on Thursday,
00:11with prayers led by the country's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
00:17Haniyeh was killed early Wednesday in an apparent Israeli strike as he visited Iran for the
00:22inauguration of new President Massoud Pazeshkian.
00:26The shocking assassination on the sidelines of such a high-profile event is a major black
00:30eye for Iran's security services.
00:33Ahead of the funeral, Khamenei threatened harsh punishment and has reportedly ordered
00:37a direct Iranian strike on Israel in retaliation.
00:41Mourners in Tehran voiced their support for that decision.
00:45How dare they attack our guests inside our country?
00:49We have to give an answer hundreds and thousands of times harder than our previous strikes
00:54so that they don't repeat such an act.
00:58Haniyeh's killing leaves Hamas without one of its key negotiators in ongoing ceasefire
01:02talks between the militant group and Israel, leading many, including the prime minister
01:07of Qatar, to surmise that the current Israeli government is not interested in a ceasefire.
01:13The Israeli strike is far from the first provocation against Iran, as the bitter rivals remain
01:18mired in a shadow war.
01:20In April, Israel launched an airstrike on an annex of the Iranian embassy in Damascus,
01:25killing two Iranian generals.
01:28Iran launched a barrage of missiles and drones into Israel in response, nearly all of which
01:32were intercepted.
01:34Then international diplomatic pressure succeeded in preventing a spiral of escalation.
01:39It remains to be seen if such will be the case this time.
