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Slain Hamas chief to be buried in Qatar as militants ready response

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Haniyeh, who lived in Doha, will be buried in Lusail, north of the Qatari capital. [AFP]

Mourners arrived at a Qatari mosque on Friday to farewell Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh after his killing in Tehran, an attack blamed on Israel that deepened fears of wider war.

Haniyeh, the Palestinian armed group's political chief, played a key role in mediated talks aiming to end nearly 10 months of war between his Islamist movement and Israel in Gaza.

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