Several countries held funeral processions for Ismail Haniyeh, head of the Palestinian resistance group Hamas’ political bureau, who was assassinated by Israel in Iran’s capital Tehran. Prayers in-absentia were also held in Gaza and occupied East Jerusalem, as well as in various cities in the Türkiye, Cyprus and Lebanon. Several protest marches were held in towns across Jordan to protest Haniyeh’s assassination. The Pakistani Parliament also held a funeral prayer in absentia.
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