Who was Ismail Haniyeh, the Hamas political chief killed in Iran?
Al Jazeera
Following Haniyeh’s killing in Iran, we take a look at his life and legacy.
Hamas political leader Ismail Haniyeh has been killed in Iran’s capital Tehran.
Haniyeh, 62, had attended the swearing-in ceremony of Iran’s newly elected President Masoud Pezeshkian on Tuesday shortly before he was assassinated.
Here is what we know about him and his life:
Born in 1962 in the Shati refugee camp in Gaza, Haniyeh’s parents had fled from Asqalan – a city now known as Ashkelon – after the state of Israel was created in 1948. Haniyeh pursued his secondary education at the al-Azhar Institute in Gaza and later earned a degree in Arabic literature from the Islamic University in Gaza.
While at university in 1983, Haniyeh joined the Islamic student bloc, a precursor to Hamas.