Whole life was dedicated to Palestine's freedom, who will run Hamas after Haniya?

Ismail Haniyeh: From his teenage years until his death, 62-year-old Haniyeh worked for Hamas and was a major face of the Palestine movement. Haniyeh has joined those leaders who have devoted their entire lives to the struggle to see Palestine as an independent nation.

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Hamas' political chief Ismail Haniyya's name has also been included among those who have devoted their entire lives to the struggle to see Palestine as a free nation. Ismail Haniyya has been killed in an air strike in Tehran. Haniyya had gone to Tehran to attend the swearing-in ceremony of Iran's new President Masoud Pezeshkian.

The death of Ismail Haniyya is a big loss for Hamas. Because the ceasefire talks on the Gaza war were being held with the Hamas Political Bureau and Haniyya was handling its command. Along with this, he was the face of Hamas at the international level. In recent years, Haniyya was living in Doha, the capital of Qatar.

Hamas' political wing has its office in Doha, but it has also been moving between Turkey, Lebanon, Iran and Egypt. Apart from this, China-Russia along with other Arab countries have also talked to Haniya about peace in the region and Gaza ceasefire.

Hania with Iran's Supreme Leader (file photo)

It is also true that Haniyya was not the leader of Hamas' military wing, so his death is unlikely to have any impact on the 'Al-Qassam Brigade' fighting the Israeli invasion in Gaza. This means that Hamas can continue to fight in Gaza with the same vigor as they have been doing for the last 9 months, but internationally, Hamas will soon have to find a replacement for Haniyya.

Who will replace Haniya?

The killing of Hamas leaders is not a new thing. Hamas founder Sheikh Ahmed Yassin was killed in 2004. A month later, another Hamas leader Abdel Aziz al-Rantisi was also killed by Israel. It is just a matter of time how Israel reaches Hamas leaders. In the past too, Hamas has continued its operations after the killing of its leaders and has changed the leadership without any controversy.

After Haniya's death, her son Abdul Salam said, "We are in a revolution and are continuously fighting against the enemy. This fight will not end with the killing of Hamas leaders." Meanwhile, senior Hamas official Sami Abu Zuhri said, "Hamas is a concept and an institution, not a person. Hamas will continue on this path regardless of death and we are fully confident of our victory."

Hamas fighters (file photo)

The statements of Hamas leaders still sound very complicated. In 2017, Haniyya left the leadership of Gaza and took over the command of the Political Bureau. At that time, Yahya Sinwar took his place in Gaza and till now he is leading Hamas in Gaza. A fierce war is going on in Gaza at this time, so experts believe that it is difficult for Yahya Sinwar to take his place.

The second name in this list is Khalid Meshaal, who has led the political bureau of Hamas from 1996 to 2017. Now it remains to be seen who takes over the leadership of Hamas in this difficult time. It also remains to be seen whether Hamas will disintegrate after Ismail Haniyeh and Israel will succeed in its objective or like every time, Hamas will continue its fight even after the death of its leader.

It started from an Israeli prison and ended with an attack on it

Ismail Haniya was born on 23 May 1963 in Gaza's Al-Shati refugee camp. His parents had migrated from Ashkelon during the 1948 Nakba (Exile). Haniya completed his graduation in Arabic Literature from the Islamic University of Gaza in 1987 and in 2009 the same university also awarded him a doctorate degree.

Ismail Haniya (File photo)

Haniya started activism while she was still a student. In college, she joined the Islamic Bloc, which was the student wing of the Muslim Brotherhood in Gaza. Let us tell you that Hamas was born out of the Muslim Brotherhood.

In 1989, Ismail Haniyya was arrested by the Israeli army. When Haniyya was released from Israeli custody three years later, he joined hands with Hamas to strengthen his Palestinian struggle. Since then, until his death, 62-year-old Haniyya continued to work for Hamas and was a big face of the Palestinian movement.