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Ismail Haniyeh
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Ismail Haniyeh was a Palestinian politician who served as chairman of the Hamas Political Bureau from 2017 until his assassination in July 2024. He became involved with Hamas during his university studies during the First Intifada and was exiled to Lebanon in 1992 before returning to Gaza. After heading Ahmed Yassin's office in 1997, he led the Hamas electoral list that won the 2006 Palestinian legislative elections. He subsequently served as Prime Minister of the Palestinian National Authority and as the leader of Hamas in the Gaza Strip.
In the news: Unseen video footage aired by Al Jazeera showed him alongside other Hamas leaders in Gaza tunnels during the war.
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