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Ismail Haniyeh | |
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إسماعيل هنية | |
.jpg) Haniyeh in 2020 | |
| 3rd Chairman of the Hamas Political Bureau | |
| In office 6 May 2017 – 31 July 2024 | |
| Deputy | Saleh al-Arouri |
| Preceded by | Khaled Mashal |
| Succeeded by | Khaled Mashal (acting) Yahya Sinwar |
| Deputy Chairman of the Hamas Political Bureau | |
| In office 4 April 2013 – 6 May 2017 | |
| Chairman | Khaled Mashal |
| Preceded by | Mousa Abu Marzook |
| Succeeded by | Saleh al-Arouri |
| Leader of Hamas in the Gaza Strip | |
| In office 14 June 2007[1] – 13 February 2017 | |
| Prime Minister | |
| Preceded by | Position created[a] |
| Succeeded by | Yahya Sinwar |
| Prime Minister of the Palestinian National Authority | |
| In office 29 March 2006 – 2 June 2014 Disputed: 14 June 2007 – 6 January 2013[b] | |
| President | |
| Preceded by | Ahmed Qurei |
| Succeeded by | Rami Hamdallah (as Prime Minister of the State of Palestine) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Ismail Abd al-Salah Ahmad Haniyeh 29 January 1962[c] Al-Shati refugee camp, Egyptian-occupied Gaza Strip |
| Died | 31 July 2024 (aged 62) Tehran, Iran |
| Manner of death | Assassination |
| Resting place | Lusail royal cemetery, Lusail, Qatar[2] |
| Nationality | Palestinian |
| Political party | Hamas |
| Spouse | Amal[3] |
| Children | 13[d] |
| Alma mater | Islamic University of Gaza (BA) |
Ismail Haniyeh[e] (Arabic: إسماعيل هنية, romanized: Ismāʿīl Haniyyah,[5][3][6] ;[f] 29 January 1962[c] – 31 July 2024) was a Palestinian politician who served as chairman of the Hamas Political Bureau from May 2017 until his assassination in July 2024.[8][9] He also served as prime minister of the Palestinian National Authority from March 2006 until June 2014 and Hamas leader in the Gaza Strip from June 2007 until February 2017, where he was succeeded by Yahya Sinwar.
Haniyeh was born in the al-Shati refugee camp in the then Egyptian-controlled Gaza Strip in 1962 or 1963,[c][10][6][11][12] to parents who were expelled or fled from Al-Jura (now part of Ashkelon) during the 1948 Palestine war.[5][3][13] He earned a bachelor's degree in Arabic literature from the Islamic University of Gaza in 1987,[13][14] where he first became involved with Hamas, which was formed during the First Intifada against the Israeli occupation. His involvement led to his imprisonment for three short periods after participating in protests. After his release in 1992, he was exiled to Lebanon, returning a year later to become a dean at Gaza's Islamic University. Haniyeh was appointed to head a Hamas office in 1997 and subsequently rose in the ranks of the organization.[15]
Haniyeh was head of the Hamas list that won the Palestinian legislative elections of 2006, which campaigned on armed resistance against Israel, and so became Prime Minister of the State of Palestine. However, Mahmoud Abbas, the Palestinian President, dismissed Haniyeh from office on 14 June 2007. Due to the then-ongoing Fatah–Hamas conflict, Haniyeh did not acknowledge Abbas' decree and continued to exercise prime ministerial authority in the Gaza Strip.[16] Haniyeh was the leader of Hamas in the Gaza Strip from 2006 until February 2017, when he was replaced by Yahya Sinwar. Haniyeh was seen by many diplomats as one of the more pragmatic and moderate figures in Hamas.[17] From 2017 until his assassination in 2024, he had mostly lived in Qatar.[18]
On 6 May 2017, Haniyeh was elected chairman of Hamas's Political Bureau, replacing Khaled Mashal; at the time, Haniyeh relocated from the Gaza Strip to Qatar.[19][20] Under his tenure, Hamas launched the 2023 Hamas-led attack on Israel, and subsequently Israel declared its intention to assassinate all Hamas leaders.[21] In May 2024, Karim Khan, the prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, announced his intention to apply for an arrest warrant for Haniyeh, and other Hamas leaders, for war crimes and crimes against humanity, as part of the ICC investigation in Palestine.[22][23][24] On 31 July 2024, Haniyeh was assassinated by an explosive device planted in his guesthouse in Tehran, likely by Israeli Mossad agents.[25][11][26] At the time of his death, he had been leading cease-fire negotiations with Israel for Hamas.[27][28]
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Israel dismisses deal, says Hamas rule in Gaza will be crushed
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