Ismail Haniyeh

Israeli defense minister claims responsibility for first time for Hamas leader Haniyeh’s assassination

Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz admitted for the first time publicly to Israel's killing of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh in Iran in July, further risking tensions between Tehran and its…

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Hamas calls for day of ‘overwhelming anger’ over Haniyeh killing

Hamas has called on the Arab world to unleash a day of "overwhelming anger" in response to the death of its political leader, Ismail Haniyeh. A Hamas statement asked that…

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Funeral for slain Hamas leader Haniyeh to be held in Qatar

Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh will be buried in Qatar on Friday following his assassination in the Iranian capital Tehran, one in a series of killings of senior figures in the…

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UPDATED: Death of Hamas military leader Deif in July confirmed, Israel says

The head of Hamas’ military wing, Mohammed Deif, was killed in an Israeli airstrike in Gaza last month, the Israeli military said on Thursday, a day after the group’s political…

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Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh killed in Tehran – what we know so far

Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh was assassinated early on Wednesday morning in Iran, the Palestinian militant group and Tehran said. This is what we know about the killing of Haniyeh, one…

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UPDATED: Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh killed in Iran

Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh was killed in Iran on Wednesday, the Palestinian militant group Hamas and Iran's elite Revolutionary Guards said in separate statements. The Islamist faction mourned the death…

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UPDATED: Netanyahu not consulted on killing of Hamas leader’s sons

Israeli forces killed three sons of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh in an airstrike in Gaza without consulting senior commanders or political leaders including prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu, says Reuters citing…

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Hamas leader visits Egypt amid intensive talks on new ceasefire

By Nidal Al-Mughrabi, Bassam Masoud and Dan Williams CAIRO/GAZA/JERUSALEM, Dec 20 (Reuters) - The leader of Hamas made his first visit to Egypt for more than a month on Wednesday,…

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Haniyeh re-elected as chief of Palestinian Islamist group Hamas

GAZA, Aug 1 (Reuters) - Ismail Haniyeh has been re-elected as leader of the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, officials said on Sunday, cementing his control of the organization which rules…

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