World reacts to killing of Hamas leader Haniyeh

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00:00A brazen killing in the heart of enemy territory.

00:03The assassination of Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran has been met with condemnation from allies

00:08of the Palestinian cause.

00:10Qatar, where Haniyeh lived and worked in exile, calling it a heinous crime and a dangerous

00:15escalation that will lead to the region slipping into chaos.

00:19The Foreign Ministry of Turkey, where Haniyeh also spent some of his time denouncing what

00:24it calls a shameful assassination.

00:27Once again, the Netanyahu government has shown that it has no intention of achieving peace.

00:32If the international community does not take measures to stop Israel, our region will face

00:36an even greater conflict.

00:39That threat of escalation is clearly on the mind of Israel's chief ally, the United States,

00:44which has already warned the Hebrew state that Washington has no interest in getting

00:48dragged into a war with Iran.

00:50I don't think war is inevitable.

00:52We're going to do everything we can to make sure that we keep things from turning into

00:57a broader conflict throughout the region.

01:00The West's rivals weighing in as well, as Russia's foreign ministry condemned what it

01:04calls a completely unacceptable political assassination.

01:07China, meanwhile, taking a similar line, as it called for a comprehensive and permanent

01:12ceasefire in Gaza.

01:15We firmly oppose and condemn the act of assassination.

01:19We are deeply concerned that this incident may lead to escalation and turbulence in the

01:23region.

01:26From the occupied Palestinian territories themselves, President Mahmoud Abbas, whose

01:31Palestinian Authority is itself a rival of Hamas, called Haniyeh's killing a cowardly

01:36act that reinforces the necessity of unifying Palestinian forces and factions.

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