Middle East crisis live: Iran’s supreme leader leads prayers at Hamas leader funeral as region braces for fresh unrest

Middle East crisis live: Iran’s supreme leader leads prayers at Hamas leader funeral as region braces for fresh unrest

Ali Khamenei has said avenging assassination of Ismail Haniyeh is ‘Tehran’s duty’; Hezbollah leader expected to speak at Lebanon funeral of senior commander Fuad Shukur

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Iran’s Press TV has posted some footage of the funeral:

Malaysian prime minister Anwar Ibrahim has criticised Meta for taking down a Facebook post regarding Ismail Haniyeh’s death, calling on it to “cease this display of cowardice” and accusing it of working as a tool of Israel.

Anwar, who met Haniyeh in Qatar in May, has said he has good relations with the Hamas political leadership but no links on a military level.

“Let this serve as a clear and unequivocal message to Meta: Cease this display of cowardice,” Anwar posted on his Facebook page.

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