Israel said eliminating Hamas’s senior officials is a “top priority.” Here’s what to know about its key leaders, including Ismail Haniyeh and Mohammed Deif.
The Israel Defense Forces singled out the top leadership of Hamas as part of its war on the militant group, with spokesman Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari saying this week: “We will not stop the effort to eliminate senior Hamas officials, this is a top priority.”Hamas, which the United States considers a terrorist organization, does not recognize Israel’s right to exist. On Wednesday, a Hamas official said Israel had hit the family home of the head of its military wing.
Ismail Haniyeh is the group’s political leader and has been based abroad since 2019; his whereabouts are not known. He was a key aide to the group’s founder, Ahmed Yassin, who was killed in an airstrike in 2004,Hamas came to power in Gaza in 2006 after defeating the rival Fatah political party, which controls most of the West Bank, in legislative elections.
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