Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh’s funeral draws crowds in Iran

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****** leader Ismail Haniyeh’s ******** draws crowds in Iran

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Thousands have turned out for the ******** procession in Iran of the ****** political chief, Ismail Haniyeh, who was ******* in a strike in Tehran on Wednesday.

Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, is leading the prayers before the ****** leader is ******* in Qatar.

US media have quoted Iranian officials as saying the supreme leader has ordered a direct ******* against *******, which it says was responsible for the ******* on Iranian soil.

******* has not commented on the ************** directly.

However, *******’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said his country had delivered “crushing blows” to its enemies in recent days, including the ******** of a senior Hezbollah commander in Lebanon hours before the Tehran strike.

He warned Israelis that “challenging days lie ahead”, as fears of a wider conflict in the Middle East grow.

“Since the strike in Beirut, we have heard threats from all sides,” he told a televised address.

“We are prepared for any scenario and we will stand ******* and determined.”

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned against a “dangerous escalation” of hostilities in the region.

******’s armed wing said the ****** of Haniyeh, who was widely viewed as the group’s overall leader, would “take the battle to new dimensions” and have major repercussions.

The group attacked ******* on 7 October, ******** around 1,200 people. Since the *******, ******* has vowed to ******** ******.

Haniyeh, who played an important role in negotiations over a ceasefire in Gaza, was ******* hours after attending the inauguration of Iran’s new president, Masoud Pezeshkian, in Tehran.

A senior ****** official told the BBC the ******** took place in the same building where Haniyeh had stayed during previous visits to Iran.

Three ****** leaders and a number of guards were with him in the same building, they said.

Khalil Al-Hayya, a senior ****** official, told a news conference that a missile hit Haniyeh “directly”, citing witnesses who were with him.

The group’s leadership has been left in “a state of shock”, top ****** officials have told the BBC.

Hours before Haniyeh was targeted, ******* said it had ******* senior Hezbollah leader Fuad Shukr in Beirut.

******* believes he was responsible for a rocket ******* that ******* 12 people in the ********-occupied Golan Heights on Saturday. Hezbollah has denied any involvement.

The Iran-backed group confirmed Shukr’s body was found among the rubble of the residential building which was struck. Four other people, including two children, were *******.

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