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Person · Prime minister; head of Hamas’s political bureau from 2017
1962–2024
Born in al-Shati’ (Beach) refugee camp in the Gaza Strip in 1962 or 1963, to a family driven out in the Nakba from al-Jura near Asqalan, he studied in UNRWA’s schools and Arabic literature at the Islamic University of Gaza. He joined Hamas at its founding in late 1987, was imprisoned by Israel several times, and was deported to south Lebanon in December 1992. He led Hamas’s Change and Reform list in the legislative elections of January 2006, headed Palestinian governments, among them the national unity government formed in March 2007, and in May 2017 was elected head of the movement’s political bureau. He was assassinated in Tehran on 31 July 2024.
An introductory profile. The source material below provides the fuller record.
الانتخابات التشريعية الفلسطينية 2006
On 25 January 2006 Palestinians in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip elected their Legislative Council, and Hamas’s Change and Reform list won 74 of its 132 seats. Israel and the Quartet refused to deal with the government Hamas formed, and the rift that followed divided Gaza from the West Bank.
Led Hamas’s Change and Reform list
Attributed to Institute for Palestine Studies (Interactive Encyclopedia of the Palestine Question, biography)
article · PalQuest · Institute for Palestine Studies
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PersonIsmail Haniyeh was born in PlaceAl-Shati refugee camp
Role: Born here: 1962, al-Shati’ camp (born in 1962 or 1963)
Attributed to Institute for Palestine Studies (Interactive Encyclopedia of the Palestine Question, biography).
PalQuest · Institute for Palestine Studies · supports · section: The biography’s header: born 1962, al-Shati’ camp (born in 1962 or 1963)
Evidence version:palquest-ismail-haniyeh:v1References show the basis of this connection; their count is not a measure of independent corroboration.
PersonIsmail Haniyeh participated in EventThe 2006 legislative elections
Role: Led Hamas’s Change and Reform list
Attributed to Institute for Palestine Studies (Interactive Encyclopedia of the Palestine Question, biography).
PalQuest · Institute for Palestine Studies · supports · section: “After Hamas decided in 2005 to contest the Palestinian Legislative Council elections, Haniyeh led the movement’s Change and Reform electoral slate.”
Evidence version:palquest-ismail-haniyeh:v1References show the basis of this connection; their count is not a measure of independent corroboration.