JI sit-in Rawalpindi: thousands attend funeral prayer in absentia for Ismail Haniyeh

RAWALPINDI: A funeral prayer in absentia for slain Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh was held at Jamaat-e-Islami’s (JI) ongoing sit-in against inflation. The event, which took place at Liaquat Bagh in Rawalpindi, saw a large turnout of attendees.

JI leader Hafiz Naeemur Rehman condemned the killing of Haniyeh and affirmed that the Hamas movement would continue undeterred.

“A martyr always becomes the title of a new revolution. Haniyeh’s blood will not be in vain; Israel must be destroyed, and Palestine must be freed,” he said.

Furthermore, funeral prayers in absentia were also conducted in various cities across the country, drawing significant participation from citizens.

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Hamas earlier today confirmed that Ismail Haniyeh, the head of its political bureau, was killed in Tehran early Wednesday.

According to Hamas, Haniyeh was killed in an Israeli airstrike on his location in the Iranian capital. The Hamas leader was attending the inauguration of Iran’s new president, Masoud Pezeshkian.