Appointed to the Hamas top job in 2017, Haniyeh moved between Turkey and Qatar's capital Doha.
was the tough-talking face of the Palestinian group's international diplomacy as war raged back in Gaza, where three of his sons were killed in an Israeli airstrike.
"All the agreements of normalisation that you signed with will not end this conflict," Haniyeh declared on Qatar-based Al Jazeera television shortly after Hamas fighters launched the Oct 7 raid. For all the tough language in public, Arab diplomats and officials had viewed him as relatively pragmatic compared with more hardline voices inside Gaza, where the military wing of Hamas planned the Oct 7 attack.
Yet Haniyeh, a Sunni Muslim, had a major hand building up Hamas' fighting capacity, partly by nurturing ties with Shi'ite Muslim Iran, which makes no secret of its support for the group. Three senior officials told Reuters that Khamenei had told the Hamas leader in that meeting that Iran would not enter the war having not been told about it in advance. Hamas did not respond to requests for comment before Reuters published its report, and then issued a denial after its publication.
Singapore Latest News, Singapore Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Tough-talking Haniyeh was seen as the more moderate face of HamasDUBAI: Ismail Haniyeh, the Hamas leader who was killed in Iran, was the tough-talking face of the Palestinian group's international diplomacy as war raged back in Gaza, where
Read more »
Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh killed in Iran, says Palestinian militant groupHe was killed in Tehran along with one of his bodyguards.
Read more »
Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh killed in Iran, says Palestinian militant groupCAIRO — Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh was killed in Iran, the Palestinian militant group said on July 31, describing the strike as a 'severe escalation' that would not achieve its goals. The militant faction, via in a statement, mourned the death of Haniyeh, who it said was killed in 'a treacherous Zionist raid on his residence in Tehran'.
Read more »
Ismail Haniyeh killed in Iran: Hamas leader was seen as more moderate face of militant groupDUBAI: Ismail Haniyeh, the Hamas leader who was killed in Iran, was the tough-talking face of the Palestinian group's international diplomacy as war raged back in Gaza, where
Read more »
Hamas senior official: Netanyahu speech shows he doesn't want ceasefire dealCAIRO: Hamas senior official Sami Abu Zuhri said on Wednesday (Jul 24) that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's speech addressing the US Congress shows he does not want to conclu
Read more »
Netanyahu speech shows he doesn't want ceasefire deal: Hamas senior officialCAIRO: Hamas senior official Sami Abu Zuhri said on Wednesday (Jul 24) that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's speech addressing the US Congress shows he does not want to conclu
Read more »