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Mourners pay respects to slain Hamas leaders as worries of regional war mount

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Mourners gathered in Doha on Friday to hold funeral prayers for slain Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh as Iran and its regional allies vowed to retaliate against Israel. The assasinations of Haniyeh and other top leaders of Hamas and Lebanon's Hezbollah mark a victory for Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu as Israeli forces continue to operate in Gaza. But they set off a scramble among mediators to salvage a cease-fire deal on the table and avert regional war. U.S. President Joe Biden late on Thursday urged Israel to move quickly on the ceasefire deal as demonstrators poured into the streets from Morocco to Iran in a show of support for Haniyeh.