The body of the political leader of Hamas, Ismail Haniya, arrived in Doha, where his funeral will take place today, Friday (2/8). The streets of Qatar have already been flooded by thousands of people since Thursday night (1/8).
His burial, which will take place at the Imam cemetery in the city of Lusail, is expected to take place amid outrage over the killing of the Hamas political leader, who was assassinated in Tehran on Wednesday (31/7) using an explosive device hidden in the guesthouse. where he resided.
The Iranian government and Hamas blame Israel for his murder, which Tel Aviv has neither confirmed nor denied.
The "neutralization" - as the Israeli army described it - of the military leader of Hamas, Mohammed Dayf, comes to dynamit the already tense atmosphere.
As the Israel Defense Forces announced, Deif was the target of an attack on a compound belonging to Rafa Salameh, the commander of the Khan Younis Brigade of Hamas, on July 13.
What does Israel's double strike on Hamas signify?
A day after the announcement of the assassination of the political leader of the organization Ismail Haniya, for which he has not officially claimed responsibility, he confirmed the death of the military leader of the organization.
Mohammed Deif, the architect of Hamas' October 7 attacks on Israel, is the third high-profile figure in the Iranian-backed militant group to be killed in recent weeks.
The Israeli military said it killed Mohammed Deif – whose real name is Mohammed Diab Ibrahim al-Masri – in an airstrike in Khan Younis in the Gaza Strip on July 13. During the Israeli bombardment many buildings were leveled and 90 people lost their lives.
Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallad described the assassination of the military leader of Hamas as a "landmark".
Protests in Tel Aviv for ceasefire and release of hostages before 'the glass overflows'
Meanwhile, in Tel Aviv, Israeli protesters gathered to demand the government reach a ceasefire and hostage release deal as they marked 300 days since the war began on October 7.
The mother of one hostage reported "consensus among all security services" that there is only "a short window of opportunity for a life-saving deal".
Source: cnn.gr