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Ismail Abdulsalam Ahmed Haniyeh [a] (born 29 January 1962) is a Palestinian politician who is widely considered to be the chief political leader of Hamas, which has governed the Gaza Strip since 2007. [2] He is the current chairman of the Hamas Political Bureau. As of 2023, he lives in Qatar. [3]
May 31, 2024 · Ismail Haniyeh, senior Hamas leader and former prime minister of the Palestinian Authority (2006–07) and of the Hamas government in the Gaza Strip (2007–14). He was among the younger founding members of Hamas and served as the personal secretary of the founding leader Sheikh Ahmed Yassin until Yassin’s death.
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- Ismail Haniyeh. Reuters. Haniyeh is considered the overall leader of Hamas. Ismail Haniyeh is widely considered Hamas's overall leader. A prominent member of the movement in the late 1980s, Israel imprisoned Haniyeh for three years in 1989 as it cracked down on the first Palestinian uprising.
- Yahya Sinwar. Getty Images. In September 2015, the United States included Sinwar's name on its blacklist of "international terrorists" The leader of the Hamas movement within the Gaza Strip, Yahya Sinwar, was born in 1962.
- Mohammed Deif. Media sources. Deif has near-mythical status in Gaza because of his ability to evade assassination. Mohammed Deif leads the Izz al-Din al-Qassam Brigades, the military arm of the Hamas movement.
- Marwan Issa. Media sources. Issa is thought to have played a significant role in the recent attack. Marwan Issa, or the Shadow Man and Mohammed Deif's right-hand man, is the deputy commander-in-chief of the Izz al-Din al-Qassam Brigades.
Apr 10, 2024 · Three sons of Hamas political leader Ismail Haniyeh were killed in an Israeli airstrike in Gaza Wednesday, with Haniyeh insisting their deaths would not affect ongoing ceasefire and hostage talks.
Apr 10, 2024 · April 10, 2024. An Israeli airstrike on Wednesday killed three sons of one of the most senior leaders of Hamas, Ismail Haniyeh, who said the strike would not weaken the group’s negotiating ...
Aug 1, 2021 · Ismail Haniyeh, who has been living in exile for the past two years, was given a new four-year term by the Shura Council, the Islamic group’s top decision-making body. He was unopposed. Haniyeh is a former aid to Hamas’ founder, Ahmed Yassin, who was assassinated in an Israeli airstrike in 2004.
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May 20, 2024 · Ismail Haniyeh, the Hamas leader based in Qatar, has been the tough-talking face of the Palestinian group's international diplomacy as war has raged back in Gaza, where three of his sons were ...
