/u/ujyas's posts in /r/AskMiddleEast
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Turkish flag at the Turkish Embassy building in Tel Aviv, Israel was lowered to half-mast. Türkiye declared a national day of mourning for Ismail Haniyeh, the leader of Hamas, who was killed in Tehran.
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#BREAKING Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh was killed by an explosive device smuggled into the Tehran guesthouse where he was staying, NYT reports.
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Martyr Haniyeh was on his last journey on the aeroplane with the Qur'an in his hand and his eyes on the 74th verse of Surah al-Nisa: ٧٤ Let those who would sacrifice this life for the Hereafter fight in the cause of Allah. And whoever fights in Allah's cause—whether they achieve martyrdom or victory
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Israel detained Sheikh Ikrime Sabri, the 85-year-old imam of Al-Aqsa Mosque, from his home in occupied east Jerusalem, after he prayed for Heniyya in his Friday sermon.
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➕ National mourning was declared in Turkey due to the martyrdom of Hamas leader Ismail Heniyye. 🇹🇷 A large flag was lowered to half-mast in Edirnekapi
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Turkish FM Hakan Fidan: ▪️"The place where the war criminal Netanyahu should sit is not the parliamentary seat but the dock. Israel's leash must now be taken into the hands of its owners and owned by them. The US is cleaning up all the evil that Israel does, this is not acceptable."
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Turkish FM Hakan Fidan, who visited the Rafah border crossing in Gaza, reacted to the Israeli occupation: ▪️"Unfortunately, whatever you do collectively here is not enough. Only 25 lorries a day are allowed to go. On the other side, we have 2 million brothers and sister who are starving to death
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