00:00Huge crowds attended the funeral of the late Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh in Qatar on Friday.
00:09The ceremony was held at the Imam Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab Mosque in Doha.
00:14Many dignitaries and senior Hamas officials, including Qatar's Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad
00:19al-Thani and Malaysia's Deputy Foreign Minister Datuk Shri Dr Shamsul Anwar Nasara, also attended
00:26the event.
00:27Haniyeh's coffin was carried across the mosque, past the mourners, along with the coffin of
00:32his slain bodyguard.
00:33Haniyeh was assassinated by an explosive device in his residence in Tehran on Wednesday, where
00:39his bodyguard was also killed in the same attack.
00:42Haniyeh will be buried at a cemetery in Lusail.
00:45Iran and Hamas have accused Israel of carrying out the killing and have pledged for retaliation.
00:51Haniyeh's coffin was received by his wife upon its arrival in Doha from Tehran on Thursday.
00:57In Jakarta, Indonesians also held a funerary prayer for Haniyeh at the Istiklal Mosque.
01:09Members of the congregation said they hoped that the genocide in Gaza and Palestine will
01:13end and that Palestinians will remain steadfast in facing the challenges posed by Israel.
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