Hamas calls for day of ‘roaring anger’ to honour Haniyeh
The group has called on people to honour its political chief, Ismail Haniyeh, who was assassinated in Tehran on Wednesday. In a statement, Hamas asked that people pray for Haniyeh “after Friday prayers in all mosques, in loyalty to him, his message, and the blood of the martyrs”.
The Hamas statement also called on people “to launch marches of roaring anger from every mosque, denouncing the cowardly crime of assassination, and condemning the continuation of war, genocide against our people in the Gaza Strip, in defence of our land, our sanctity, and the blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque”.
Qatar is to hold funeral ceremonies later today for Haniyeh.
Hezbollah leader promises ‘angry response’ to Israeli attack on Beirut
In Lebanon, Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah promised to respond with “anger and retribution”, following an Israeli strike which killed one of the group’s senior commanders Fuad Shukr.
Nasrallah made the statement during Shukr’s funeral in Beirut. Israel has accused Shukr of orchestrating an attack in the occupied Golan Heights that resulted in the deaths of 12 people on Saturday.
