Ismail Haniyeh [e] (Arabic: إسماعيل هنية, romanized: Ismāʿīl Haniyyah, [5] [3] [6] pronunciation ⓘ; [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.

On 31 July 2024, Ismail Haniyeh, the political leader of Hamas, was assassinated along with his personal bodyguard in the Iranian capital Tehran by an Israeli attack. [4][5] Haniyeh was killed in his accommodation in a military-run guesthouse after attending the inauguration ceremony for Iranian president Masoud Pezeshkian. [6] .

Jul 30, 2024 · Hamas said its political leader Ismail Haniyeh has been killed in an overnight strike in the Iranian capital Tehran, a major development that throws the war between Israel and the militant...

Jul 31, 2024 · Ismail Haniyeh was the international face of Hamas, its top leader in exile who kept up the militant group’s ties with allies around the region. He led its political hierarchy and had little military role, but Israel marked him for death after the surprise Oct. 7 attacks.

Jul 31, 2024 · Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh, 62, has been killed in a predawn strike in Iran. His killing threatens the stability of the region and increases the risk of the Gaza war escalating into a...

Aug 1, 2024 · Hamas political leader Ismail Haniyeh was assassinated in Tehran on Wednesday using an explosive device that had been covertly hidden in the guest house where he was staying, a source...

Feb 7, 2025 · Ismail Haniyeh (born 1962?, Al-Shāṭiʾ refugee camp, Gaza Strip—died July 31, 2024, Tehrān, Iran) was a Palestinian politician and Hamas leader who served as prime minister of the Palestinian Authority (PA) in 2006–07, after Hamas won a majority of seats in the 2006 Palestinian legislative elections.

Jul 31, 2024 · Ismail Haniyeh, a founding member of Hamas who rose to lead the Palestinian militant group’s political office from exile, was killed while visiting Iran on Wednesday. He was 62.

Jul 31, 2024 · Hamas political leader Ismail Haniyeh has been killed in Iran’s capital Tehran. Haniyeh, 62, had attended the swearing-in ceremony of Iran’s newly elected President Masoud Pezeshkian on...

Jul 31, 2024 · Ismail Haniyeh, political leader of Hamas since 2017, has been the most visible leader of the group during Israel’s war in Gaza, and was key in ongoing ceasefire and hostage release...