Ismail Haniyeh, Hamas’ international face, was marked for death by Israel over the Oct. 7 attack
Associated Press
BEIRUT (AP) — Ismail Haniyeh was the international face of Hamas, its top leader in exile who kept up the militant group’s ties with allies around the region. He led its political hierarchy and had little military role, but Israel marked him for death after the surprise Oct. 7 attacks. Hamas says Haniyeh was killed at his residence in Tehran in an Israeli airstrike after he attended the swearing-in of Iran’s new president. Israel has not commented on the accusation. His death makes him the latest Hamas official to be killed by Israel since the Hamas-led Oct. 7 attacks on southern Israel.
