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The body of Hamas Chief Ismail Haniyeh arrived in Doha, Qatar on August 1 ahead of his funeral and burial. Hamas members, including Khaled Meshaal, received the mortal remains of Haniyeh at Doha International Airport. Ismail Haniyeh, who was usually based in Qatar, was killed in Tehran, Iran on July 31 morning in Airstrike. He was in Tehran to attend the swearing-in ceremony of the Iranian President-elect, Masoud Pezeshkian. Although the strike on Hamas Chief Ismail Haniyeh was widely assumed to have been carried out by Israel. Amid the Israel-Hamas Conflict, PM Benjamin Netanyahu`s government did not claim responsibility and said it would not comment on the killing. Hamas in a statement said that Haniyeh`s killing would "take the battle to new dimensions and have major repercussions". Hamas Chief Haniyeh was tough-talking face of Palestinian group`s international diplomacy as war raged back in Gaza. He had a major hand in building up Hamas` fighting capacity, partly by nurturing ties with Shi`ite Muslim Iran. He will be buried at a cemetery in Lusail, north of the Qatari capital on August 02, following funeral prayers.

While emphasising the importance of the Chabahar Port agreement inked between New Delhi and Tehran, External Affairs Minister Dr S Jaishankar expressed gratitude to late Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and Iranian Foreign Minister Amir-Abdollahian, the two leaders who died in a plane crash, for their interest and initiative with the project. The EAM was interacting with the first-time voters at Delhi Tamil Association School in the national capital on May 20. Watch video for more