Khalil al-Hayya
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Khalil al-Hayya is a Palestinian politician and former lecturer who has served as the 5th and current chairman of the Hamas Political Bureau since July 2026. He previously served the deputy chairman o
Al-Hayya in 2025
Gaza war
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The Gaza war is an armed conflict in the Gaza Strip and Israel, fought as part of the unresolved Israeli–Palestinian and Gaza–Israel conflicts. The war began on 7 October 2023, when the Palestinian mi
Khalil al-Hayya
…backing the Palestinian “resistance.” Al-Hayya represented Hamas during indirect negotiations with Israel for a hostage and ceasefire deal during the Gaza war. Following the killing of Yahya Sinwar in October 2024, al-Hayya was considered a strong candidate to succeed him as the head of Hamas’s political…
13-year old Israeli hostage released by Hamas during the first ceasefire, 26 November 2023
Israeli soldiers in a Namer APC before invasion of the Gaza Strip
An aerial photo of displaced Palestinians waiting in northern Nuseirat to return to their homes in Gaza
An aerial view showing destruction in Rafah after Israeli forces withdrawal and as the ceasefire took hold, Gaza Strip