People hold up the Palestinian flag and a portrait of Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh Hamas chief during a rally at Tehran University, in the Iranian capital Tehran on July 31, 2024, as Iran declares three days of mourning. AFP
Haniyeh "will be given an official and public funeral ceremony in the Iranian capital, Tehran, tomorrow," Hamas said in a statement, explaining his body would be transported to the Qatari capital later the same day.
It said funeral prayers will be held at Imam Muhammad bin Abdul Wahhab Mosque, Doha's largest mosque, after Friday prayers, with the burial carried out at a cemetery in Lusail, north of the Qatari capital.
The Hamas statement added the ceremony in Doha would be held "with popular and factional attendance and the participation of Arab and Islamic leaders".
Iran declared Wednesday three days of mourning following the killing of Haniyeh.
"The Islamic Republic of Iran announced three days of public mourning following the martyrdom of Ismail Haniyeh," the government said in a statement.
Ismail Haniyeh, was assassinated in an Israeli strike in Iran, where he had been attending the inauguration of the country's new president.
"Brother, leader, mujahid Ismail Haniyeh, the head of the movement, died in a Zionist strike on his headquarters in Tehran after he participated in the inauguration of the new (Iranian) president," Hamas said in a statement.
He was attacked at a residence in Tehran using an “airborne guided projectile,” state-run news agency IRNA said. The attack occurred around 2 a.m. local time.
A senior Hamas official said that the killing of Haniyeh "will not go unanswered".
"The assassination of leader Ismail Haniyeh is a cowardly act and will not go unanswered," Hamas policial bureau member Mousa Abu Marzouk said in a statement.
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