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Ismail Haniyeh

Palestinian politician and Hamas leader (2017–2024)

Ismail Abdel Salam Ahmed Haniyeh (Arabic: إِسْمَاعِيل عَبْدُ السَّلَامِ أَحْمَدُ هَنِيَّة, romanized: ʾIsmāʿīl ʿAbd al-Salām ʾAḥmad Haniya; 1962/1963[a] – 31 July 2024) was a senior political leader of Hamas. He was the disputed Prime Minister of the Palestinian National Authority.[5] In September 2017, he became Chief of Hamas's Political Bureau.[6]

Ismail Haniyeh
إِسْمَاعِيل هَنِيَّة
Haniyeh in 2020
Chairman of the Hamas Political Bureau
In office
6 May 2017 – 31 July 2024
DeputySaleh al-Arouri[1]
Preceded byKhaled Mashal
De facto ruler of the Gaza Strip
Disputed
In office
2 June 2014 – 13 February 2017
PresidentMahmoud Abbas
Aziz Dweik
Preceded byNew creation
Succeeded byYahya Sinwar
Prime Minister of the Palestinian National Authority
Disputed
In office
29 March 2006* – 2 June 2014
Preceded byAhmed Qurei
Succeeded byRami Hamdallah
Personal details
Born1962 or 1963[a]
Al-Shati refugee camp, Gaza Strip
Died(2024-07-31)31 July 2024 (aged 61–62)
Tehran, Iran
CitizenshipPalestine
NationalityPalestinian
Political partyHamas
RelationsAmal Haniyeh (wife)
Children13 (3 deceased)
ResidenceDoha, Qatar
Alma materIslamic University of Gaza

Personal and family life

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Haniyeh is married to Amal Haniyeh and the couple have 13 children. In 2009, the family lived in Al-Shati refugee camp in the northern Gaza Strip.[7] In 2010, the couple shifted to the Rimla neighborhood in Gaza City. In 2020, He went to Qasem Soleimani's funeral, in Tehran, Iran.

After visiting some other countries he decided to permanently reside in Doha, Qatar.[8] His family joined him there in 2021.[9] On 17 October 2023, during Israel–Hamas war an airstrike by Israeli forces in Sheikh Radwan neighborhood in Gaza City reportedly killed 14 Palestinians, Haniyeh's brother and nephew were among the victims while several other family members were also injured.[10] Three of his sons and three grandchildren were killed in the Gaza Strip on 10 April 2024.[11]

Views

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Haniyeh was seen as someone in Hamas who thought practically.[12]

Haniyeh was a relative moderate within Hamas and had repeatedly offered a peace deal in exchange for a fully sovereign Palestinian state on the land that Israel did not occupy until 1967.[13]

Osama bin Laden

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On 2 May 2011, Osama bin Laden was killed by the U.S. Military, and the killing of Osama was praised by Fatah who is one of Hamas' rival groups.[14] Haniyeh however called bin Laden a "Arab holy warrior"[15] and condemned his killing[16] as "the continuation of the American oppression and shedding of blood of Muslims and Arabs".[14] Analysts say that he praised bin Laden to cool down Salafist groups in the Gaza Strip such as Jaysh al-Ummah al-Salafi Bayt al-Maqdis, which see Hamas as too moderate.[14] The United States said that Haniyeh's speech condemning the killing of bin Laden and calling bin Laden a "Arab holy warrior" were outrageous and said that bin Laden did not die a martyr.[17]

Death

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See the main article: Assassination of Ismail Haniyeh

On 31 July 2024, Haniyeh was killed in Tehran as he went to the inauguration of Masoud Pezeshkian as President of Iran.[18] Hamas said that he was killed by a "Zionist" airstrike on a residence.[19][20] He was 62 at the time.

According to The New York Times, Haniyeh was assassinated using a remotely detonated bomb hidden in his guesthouse room two months earlier, which was triggered once it was known that he was inside.[21]

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    Ismail Haniyeh shaking hands with a Hamas police officer in 2012
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    Haniyeh at a Al-Qassam Brigades military excercise in 2013
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    Haniyeh with Khaled Mashal celebrating the 25th anniversary of the Hamas movement in 2012
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    Haniyeh at a meeting between Russian officials and Hamas officials in 2022
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    Khamenei meets with President Erdogan in 2012
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    Haniyeh meets with Khamenei, hours before his death.
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    The funeral prayer of Haniyeh in Tehran, Iran.

Notes

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  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 There are contradictory reports on his date of birth:
    • 23 January 1962 or 1963[2]
    • or January 1963[3]
    • or 8 May 1963[4]

References

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  1. ↑ "Hamas appoints West Bank terror chief as its deputy leader". The Times of Israel. 5 October 2017.
  2. ↑ https://aja.me/rmfonp
  3. ↑ Vinall, Frances (31 July 2024). "What to know about Ismail Haniyeh, the Hamas leader killed in Iran". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on 31 July 2024. Retrieved 31 July 2024. Haniyeh was born in January 1963, according to the Hamas media office [...]
  4. ↑ "Obituary". The Guardian. Haniyeh is survived by his wife, Amal, with whom he had had 13 children … Ismail Abd al-Salah Ahmad Haniyeh, politician, born 8 May 1963; died 31 July 2024
  5. ↑ "Abbas sacks Hamas-led government". BBC News. 14 June 2007. Retrieved 14 June 2007.
  6. ↑ "Ex-Gaza leader Haniyeh reportedly to replace Mashaal as Hamas head". The Times of Israel. 5 September 2016. Retrieved 9 December 2016.
  7. ↑ "Explained | Who is Ismail Haniyeh? Hamas leader who masterminded attack on Israel, while sitting in Doha". WION. Retrieved 17 October 2023.
  8. ↑ "Hamas leader Haniyeh decides to settle in Qatar". The Jerusalem Post. 2 February 2020.
  9. ↑ "Haniyeh's Family follow him to Qatar". english.aawsat.com. Retrieved 17 October 2023.
  10. ↑ "بينهم نجله، أنباء عن استشهاد 14 شخصا من عائلة إسماعيل هنية في قصف إسرائيلي (فيديو)". فيتو (in Arabic). 17 October 2023. Retrieved 17 October 2023.
  11. ↑ "Hamas Political Chief Ismail Haniyeh Confirms Killing of Three Sons, Three Grandchildren in Gaza Airstrike". haaretz.com. 10 October 2024. Retrieved 10 April 2024.
  12. ↑ "Ismail Haniyeh: Who be di top Hamas leader wey dem kill for Iran". BBC News Pidgin. 31 July 2024. Retrieved 31 July 2024.
  13. ↑ https://www.dailynewsegypt.com/2010/12/14/engagement-not-isolation-as-the-way-to-a-moderate-hamas/ "WASHINGTON, DC: Last week, Ismail Haniyeh, a senior political leader of Hamas, publicly announced his movement’s commitment to respecting “any peace deal” with Israel approved by Palestinian referendum. Stating Hamas’s desire to be “part of the solution, not the problem,” Haniyeh went on to proclaim Hamas’s commitment to “establishing a viable Palestinian state with full sovereignty on the land… occupied in 1967”."
  14. ↑ 14.0 14.1 14.2 "Abbas government welcomes bin Laden death, Hamas deplores". Reuters.
  15. ↑ "Bush, victims, world leaders react to bin Laden's death". NBC News. 2 May 2011. Retrieved 31 July 2024.
  16. ↑ Akram, Fares (2 May 2011). "Hamas Condemns the Killing of Bin Laden". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 31 July 2024.
  17. ↑ "US: Hamas Leader's bin Laden Remarks 'Outrageous'". Voice of America. 2 May 2011. Retrieved 31 July 2024.
  18. ↑ "Hamas's political chief Ismail Haniyeh assassinated in Iran". Al Jazeera. 31 July 2024.
  19. ↑ Aggarwal, Mithil (31 July 2024). "Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh killed in Israeli airstrike in Iran, Hamas says". NBC. Retrieved 31 July 2024.
  20. ↑ "Palestinian President Abbas 'strongly condemns' killing of Hamas chief Haniyeh". al-Arabiya. 31 July 2024. Retrieved 31 July 2024.
  21. ↑ Bergman, Ronen; Mazzetti, Mark; Fassihi, Farnaz (1 August 2024). "Bomb Smuggled Into Tehran Guesthouse Months Ago Killed Hamas Leader". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 1 August 2024.


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