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Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh buried in Qatar

Mourners gather at the Imam Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab Mosque in Doha [Showkat Shafi/Al Jazeera]

The burial of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh, assassinated in Iran earlier this week, has taken place in Qatar as commemorations were held in countries including Turkey, Lebanon, Yemen, Pakistan, Malaysia and Indonesia.

Thousands of mourners gathered on Friday at Doha’s Imam Muhammad ibn Abdul al-Wahhab Mosque to join ritual prayers before the Palestinian group’s political chief was buried in Lusail, north of the Qatari capital.

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