Ismail Haniyeh Assassination: 10 Major Highlights

Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh has been assassinated in Tehran, Iran. The Palestine resistance group mourned the death of Haniyeh. The Hamas chief was killed at his residence in Tehran, Iran. In the incident, he and his bodyguard were killed. Haniyeh had been the tough-talking face of the Palestine group’s diplomacy.

In May International Criminal Court (ICC) issued an arrest warrant against him along the Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu, for alleged war crimes. Haniyeh moved between Turkey and Qatar’s capital Doha escaping the travel curbs of the blockaded Gaza Strip and enabling him to negotiate the ceasefire.

So far, over 40,000 people have been reportedly killed in the Israel-Hamas war since Oct 7, 2023 attack on Israel.

Here are the 10 major highlights of the Hamas leader:

1. Ismail Haniyeh, Hamas chief assassinated in Tehran, Iran
2. Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) confirmed the incident
3. Haniyeh was in Iran to attend the swearing-in ceremony of Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian
4. No details on how Haniyeh was killed; the attack is under investigation; Hamas blamed Zionists
5. Haniyeh was the spokesperson for Hamas’s global diplomacy during the Gaza conflict
6. Haniyeh attended UN-run schools and later earned a degree in Arabic literature in 1987
7. He founded Hamas in 1987 during the First Intifada
8. Hamiyeh was in close association with Hamas’ spiritual leader Shiekh Ahmad Yassin
9. In 2006, he became the Prime Minister of the Palestine Authority (PA)
10. Ismail Haniyeh has resided in Doha, Qatar since 2016