Two Years Since the Martyrdom of Leader Ismail Haniyeh
On the second anniversary of the assassination of Ismail Haniyeh, head of Hamas's political bureau, who was killed in an Israeli airstrike on his residence in Tehran on July 31, 2024, the article reviews his biography: his birth in the Shati refugee camp, his career at the Islamic University, his premiership of the Palestinian government in 2006, and his election as head of the political bureau in 2017. It notes that he was in Tehran to attend the inauguration of Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian, and it relays statements from Hamas and the Iranian Revolutionary Guard about the incident.
Today marks the second anniversary of the martyrdom of the head of Hamas's political bureau, leader Ismail Haniyeh, who was assassinated in an Israeli operation targeting his residence in the Iranian capital Tehran on July 31, 2024. The article reviews Haniyeh's biography, noting that he was born on January 23, 1962 or 1963 in the Shati refugee camp in the Gaza Strip, to a family that had fled from the village of Al-Jura in the Ashkelon district. He was prominent in student activism and held several positions at the Islamic University of Gaza before becoming its dean in 1992, then headed the office of Sheikh Ahmed Yassin in 1997. He led the Change and Reform list, which won a majority of seats in the Legislative Council in the January 2006 elections, and became prime minister of the Palestinian government in February 2006. He survived an assassination attempt in September 2003 and was prevented from entering Gaza in October 2006. Hamas's Shura Council elected him head of the political bureau in May 2017, and he was re-elected in 2021. In the early morning of Wednesday, July 31, 2024, Hamas announced his assassination in Tehran, where he was visiting to attend the inauguration of Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian. The article relayed statements from Hamas and the Iranian Revolutionary Guard about the incident.