Hamas sources told Asharq Al-Awsat that the movement’s leaders, who were targeted in the Israeli attack in the Qatari capital on Tuesday, were absent from the funeral of the airstrike’s victims.
The funeral was held in Doha on Thursday afternoon.
The sources indicated that the Hamas leaders, who were not present at the meeting targeted by Israel and who reside in Qatar, also did not attend the ceremony.
The sources did not provide an explanation for their absence.
Images distributed by Hamas showed at least two political leaders - Osama Hamdan and Izzat al-Rishq - present at the ceremony.
The funeral was attended by Qatar's Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, according to Qatari state media.
Hamas said five of its members had been killed in the attack, including the son of Hamas' exiled Gaza chief and top negotiator Khalil al-Hayya.
Senior Hamas political leaders were wounded, one critically, in the Israeli air strike on the Hamas compound in the Qatari capital, according to sources within the group.
The sources told Asharq al-Awsat that the officials are being treated under heavy security at a private hospital, but declined to identify them.
