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Qatar condemns Haniyeh killing as 'heinous crime'

31 July 2024 12:38 (UTC +04:00)

In a statement, Qatar's foreign ministry described the assassination of the Head of the Political Bureau of the Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) Ismail Haniyeh as a "heinous crime, a dangerous escalation and a flagrant violation of international and humanitarian law", APA reports.

The Ministry warned that "this assassination and the reckless Israeli behavior of continuously targeting civilians will lead to the region slipping into chaos and undermine the chances of peace".

Israel hasn't yet responded to the death.

Recall that the head of the Palestinian resistance movement Hamas, Ismail Haniyeh, was assassinated in Tehran along with one of his bodyguards, Iran's Revolutionary Guards said Wednesday.

Hamas announced that Haniyeh was killed in an Israeli raid on his residence in Tehran.

Haniyeh was in Tehran to attend Iran's President Masoud Pezeshkian's swear-in ceremony on Tuesday.