Palestinian politician and Hamas leader (2017–2024) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Ismail Abdel Salam Ahmed Haniyeh (Arabic: إِسْمَاعِيل عَبْدُ السَّلَامِ أَحْمَدُ هَنِيَّة, romanized: ʾIsmāʿīl ʿAbd al-Salām ʾAḥmad Haniya; 1962/1963[lower-alpha 1] – 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 | |
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إِسْمَاعِيل هَنِيَّة | |
Chairman of the Hamas Political Bureau | |
In office 6 May 2017 – 31 July 2024 | |
Deputy | Saleh al-Arouri[1] |
Preceded by | Khaled Mashal |
De facto ruler of the Gaza Strip Disputed | |
In office 2 June 2014 – 13 February 2017 | |
President | Mahmoud Abbas Aziz Dweik |
Preceded by | New creation |
Succeeded by | Yahya Sinwar |
Prime Minister of the Palestinian National Authority Disputed | |
In office 29 March 2006* – 2 June 2014 | |
Preceded by | Ahmed Qurei |
Succeeded by | Rami Hamdallah |
Personal details | |
Born | 1962 or 1963[lower-alpha 1] Al-Shati refugee camp, Gaza Strip |
Died | Tehran, Iran | 31 July 2024 (aged 61–62)
Citizenship | Palestine |
Nationality | Palestinian |
Political party | Hamas |
Relations | Amal Haniyeh (wife) |
Children | 13 (3 deceased) |
Residence | Doha, Qatar |
Alma mater | Islamic University of Gaza |
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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]
Haniyeh was seen as someone in Hamas who thought practically.[12]
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.[13] Haniyeh however called bin Laden a "Arab holy warrior"[14] and condemned his killing[15] as "the continuation of the American oppression and shedding of blood of Muslims and Arabs".[13] 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.[13] 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.[16]
On 31 July 2024, Haniyeh was killed in Tehran as he went to the inauguration of Masoud Pezeshkian as President of Iran.[17] Hamas said that he was killed by a "Zionist" airstrike on a residence.[18][19] 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.[20]
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