Iran held a funeral ceremony on Thursday with calls for revenge after the killing in Tehran of Hamas political chief Ismail Haniyeh in a strike blamed on Israel. Thousands of mourners paid respects to Haniyeh as the Israeli military confirmed that an air strike in Gaza last month killed the Hamas military chief, Mohammed Deif.
An Israeli military statement said Deif, head of Hamas's armed wing, was killed by Israeli warplanes on July 13 in a strike in Gaza's Khan Yunis area. Gazan health authorities said at the time that the strike killed more than 90 people but Hamas denied Deif was among them.
