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Here’s a take a look at Ismail Haniyeh, Hamas chief in Gaza.
Beginning date: 1962
Beginning place: Shati refugee camp, close to Gaza Metropolis
Father: Father was a fisherman
Marriage: Amal Haniyeh
Kids: 13
Schooling: Islamic College of Gaza, 1987
Faith: Muslim
1987-1988 – Joins Hamas, throughout the first intifada.
1988 – Imprisoned for six months.
1989 – Sentenced to 3 years in jail.
1992 – Launched from jail and deported to Lebanon.
December 1993 – Returns to Gaza and is appointed dean of the Islamic College.
1997 – Turns into an assistant to Sheikh Ahmed Yassin, chief of Hamas.
September 2003 – Haniyeh and Yassin are barely injured when an Israeli airstrike targets them in Gaza Metropolis.
April 2004 – After the deaths of Hamas’s two earlier leaders, Haniyeh is appointed a part of a secret “collective management” with Mahmoud Zahhar and Mentioned al-Siyam.
January 26, 2006 – Hamas wins a landslide victory within the Palestinian legislative elections. Hamas wins 76 seats, and Fatah 43 seats within the 132-seat Palestinian Legislative Council, giving Hamas a majority.
February 21, 2006 – Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas asks Haniyeh to assemble a authorities.
March 29, 2006 – Sworn in as prime minister of the Palestinian Authority.
December 14, 2006 – Haniyeh survives an assassination try on the border between Egypt and Gaza. Nevertheless, one bodyguard is killed and certainly one of Haniyeh’s sons is wounded. Hamas blames Fatah for the assault.
Early June 2007 – After per week of battles between Hamas and Fatah, Hamas seizes management of the Gaza Strip.
June 14, 2007 – Abbas dissolves the federal government and dismisses Haniyeh as prime minister. Haniyeh rejects this and stays the de facto chief within the Gaza Strip.
June 2009 – Former US President Jimmy Carter meets with Haniyeh in Gaza to debate the Center East peace course of.
June 13, 2010 – Haniyeh meets with Arab League Secretary Amr Moussa in Gaza. Moussa is the primary senior Arab chief to go to Gaza since 2006.
Might 2, 2011 – Condemns the killing of Osama bin Laden in Pakistan, referring to him as a Muslim holy warrior and the sufferer of American oppression.
October 23, 2012 – Meets with the Emir of Qatar, Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani, the primary official head of state to go to since Egypt and Israel instituted a blockade in 2007.
April 4, 2013 – Haniyeh is appointed deputy head of Hamas, and Khaled Meshaal is reelected chief.
Might 6, 2017 – Elected by Hamas’ Shura Council to switch Meshaal.
December 7, 2017 – In response to US President Donald Trump recognizing Jerusalem because the capital of Israel, Haniyeh requires a Palestinian “infitada,” or rebellion to battle towards “occupation” by Israelis.
January 31, 2018 – America designates Haniyeh as a Specifically Designated International Terrorist.
December 8, 2019 – Haniyeh arrives in Turkey, the primary cease on a tour. It’s his first worldwide tour since he was elected in Might 2017.
January 6, 2020 – Speaks on the funeral of Qasem Soleimani, the chief of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps Quds Power, who was killed by a US Airstrike in Iraq on January 3. Haniyeh lauds Soleimani as a martyr.
August 1, 2021 – Hamas officers announce that Haniyeh has been reelected as chief.
October 13, 2022 – Palestinian factions Hamas and Fatah conform to a reconciliation settlement brokered by Algeria. Its purpose is to pave approach to elections. Haniyeh releases an announcement saying that the motion is happy with the conferences with officers from Fatah to finish the divide.
