Pakistan declares day of mourning for Haniyeh

Pakistan will hold a day of mourning on Friday for slain Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh.

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif had earlier called the assassination a “barbaric act” that violated international law.

In a news release on Wednesday, the country’s foreign ministry denounced what it called “Israeli adventurism” that undermines efforts to secure a ceasefire. Thousands of demonstrators gathered in the city of Rawalpindi in support of Haniyeh that evening.

Last month, an adviser to Prime Minister Sharif called Netanyahu a “terrorist and a perpetrator of war crimes”.