31.07.2024 07:00
Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh has been killed as a result of an assassination in the Iranian capital, Tehran. Hamas confirmed Haniyeh's death, stating that he was killed in Tehran as a result of a Zionist attack. Hamas and the Iranian Revolutionary Guards claim that Israel is behind the attack.
Hamas Political Bureau Chairman Ismail Haniyeh was assassinated in Tehran, where he was attending the swearing-in ceremony of Mesud Pezeshkian, who won the presidential election.
TERROR ATTACK ON HIS RESIDENCE According to the announcement of the Revolutionary Guards of Iran's state television, Hamas Political Bureau Chairman Ismail Haniyeh was killed as a result of a terrorist attack on his residence in Tehran.
HAMAS CONFIRMS THE NEWS Hamas confirmed Haniyeh's death, stating that "Haniyeh was killed as a result of a Zionist attack in Tehran." In the statement made by Iran, it was stated that the assassination is being investigated and the results will be announced soon.
WHO IS ISMAIL HANIYEH? Palestinian politician Ismail Haniyeh, the controversial former Prime Minister of the Palestinian National Authority, was born in the El-Shati refugee camp in the Gaza Strip in 1963. His family became refugees when they fled from the city of Ashkelon during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War. He graduated from Gaza Islamic University in 1987. He was arrested in 1989 on charges of participating in the First Intifada and being a member of Hamas. After being released in 1992, he joined a group of 415 other Islamic Jihad and Hamas members who were expelled to South Lebanon by Israel. He returned to Gaza the following year.
From 1999 to 2004, he served as the private secretary to Hamas leader Sheikh Ahmed Yassin. In the Palestinian Legislative Council elections held in December 2005 and repeated on January 25, 2006, he was at the top of the list due to the exile of Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal in Damascus. As a result of the elections in which Hamas won 74 out of 132 seats, Haniyeh was announced as the prime ministerial candidate of Hamas on February 16, 2006. Despite the opposition of the United States and Israel, he was appointed as the prime minister by Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on February 19. In October 2006, he survived an attack on his convoy during clashes between Fatah and Hamas members in Gaza. In May 2007, he survived a missile attack on his home by Israel. In June 2007, following the escalation of clashes between Hamas and Fatah in the Gaza Strip, he was dismissed from his position by Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas. Haniyeh is married and has 13 children. In 2009, the family lived in the El-Shati refugee camp in northern Gaza Strip. Haniyeh's siblings Kholidia, Laila, and Sabah are Israeli citizens and live in Tel as-Sabi in southern Israel. Kholidia moved to Tel as-Sabi first, followed by her two sisters. Some of the children of the three sisters have served in the Israel Defense Forces (IDF).
Haniyeh's sister Suhila Abd el-Salam Ahmed Haniyeh accepted an urgent treatment request that could not be treated in hospitals in Gaza for her husband, who required critical heart treatment. After a successful treatment, the couple returned to Gaza after receiving treatment at Rabin Medical Center in Petah Tikva, Israel. Haniyeh's grandson received treatment at an Israeli hospital in November 2013, and his mother-in-law received treatment at an Israeli hospital in June 2014. After the 2014 Israel-Gaza conflict, Haniyeh's daughter spent a week in an Israeli hospital in Tel Aviv for emergency treatment after complications during a routine procedure. In September 2016, Haniyeh left Gaza with his wife and two sons for the annual pilgrimage known as Hajj. This trip was interpreted as the beginning of a campaign and strengthened reports that Haniyeh would succeed Mashaal. He also attended the funeral of Qasem Soleimani in Tehran, Iran in 2020.