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Emma Graham-Harrison in Jerusalem

Hamas leader buried in Doha as Biden says killing has ‘not helped’ ceasefire efforts

Crowds of men with heads bowed, surrounding a large mosque
People performing prayers at the Imam Abd al-Wahhab mosque for the funeral ceremony of Ismail Haniyeh in Doha on Friday. Photograph: Abbas Ali/EPA

Crowds gathered in Doha to bury the Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh, assassinated in Tehran this week, as the US president, Joe Biden, said the killing had “not helped” efforts to broker a ceasefire in Gaza and warned he was concerned about escalating regional conflict.

Iran has vowed revenge for the humiliating attack in the heart of its capital, which came just hours after Israel killed the top military commander of Hezbollah in an airstrike on Beirut.

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