Iran's supreme leader prays over coffin of Hamas leader Haniyeh

Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh and his bodyguard were killed in a shocking assassination blamed on Israel on Wednesday.

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00:00Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said that Israel will exact a heavy price

00:05from any aggression against us on any front. It was his first public statement since the

00:09killing of Hamas' top political leader, Ismail Heneyey, in an airstrike in Tehran. Both Hamas

00:14and Iran quickly blamed Israel for the shock assassination, though, which has increased

00:17the risk of an all-out regional war.

00:30The UN soon reacted to his statement.

00:59Italian Foreign Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Antonio Tajani has also expressed

01:03his concerns regarding a possible escalation in the Middle East.

01:06We absolutely do not want the Middle East to plunge into open war," he said.

01:10While shining light on Italy's Food for Gaza project, which alongside the World Food Programme

01:14has included a donation of 12 million euros to provide food to families in need.