Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh will be buried in Qatar following funeral prayers on Friday, the Palestinian Islamist movement said.
A public and official funeral service will be held on Thursday in Tehran, where Haniyeh was killed. After that, the body will be transferred to the Qatari capital, Doha.
Funeral prayers will be held at noon on Friday in Doha, then he will be laid to rest at a cemetery in Lusail, north of the capital.
The funeral will be attended by local residents as well as Hamas members and “Arab and Islamic” leaders, Hamas said in a statement.
