Central Florida's Independent Jewish Voice
Central Florida's Independent Jewish Voice
Shown here (l-r): Yahya Sinwar, the new leader of Hamas in the Gaza Strip and senior political leaders of the Islamist movement, Hamas Khalil al-Haya and Ismail Haniyeh attend the opening of a new mosque in Rafah town in the southern Gaza Strip on Feb. 24, 2017.
By Shachar Kleiman
(Israel Hayom via JNS) - The death of top Hamas leader and key strategist Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran early on Wednesday, July 31, dealt a significant blow to the terror group and could potentially alter the course of the ongoing conflict in Gaza.
Haniyeh, who had been living in exile, played a pivotal role in orchestrating Hamas's Oct. 7 assault on Israel and was seen celebrating the attack from Turkey.
Haniyeh's journey began in 1962 in Gaza's Shati refugee camp. In his early years, he worked in construction in the Israeli city of Ashkelon, while three of his sisters settled...
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