Mourners gather in Doha for funeral of assassinated Hamas leader

All the latest developments on the conflict in the Middle East.

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00:00Thousands of mourners flocked to the Qatari capital to pay their respects to the assassinated

00:08Hamas political leader Ismail Haniyeh.

00:11Haniyeh's coffin was draped in a Palestinian flag while being carried through chanting

00:16crowds at a mosque in Doha.

00:19The international face of Hamas and top leader in exile was killed in a pre-dawn airstrike

00:24in Iran's capital of Tehran on Wednesday.

00:28Hamas and Iran blame Israel for the killing, but Tel Aviv has not confirmed or denied its

00:34involvement.

00:35Thousands took to the streets in Lebanon's capital of Beirut condemning the death and

00:40shouldering a symbolic casket.

00:42Hundreds more bent their heads in prayer in Turkey's capital of Ankara.

00:48As Iran vows to avenge the death of Haniyeh, U.S. President Joe Biden reiterates his calls

00:54for peace in a region that's verging on all-out war.