Ismail Haniyeh’s eldest son confirmed in a Fb submit that his three brothers had been killed (File)
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Three sons of Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh had been killed in an Israeli airstrike in Gaza on Wednesday, the Palestinian Islamist group and Haniyeh’s household stated.
The three sons – Hazem, Amir and Mohammad – had been killed after the automobile they had been driving in was bombed in Gaza’s Al-Shati camp, Hamas stated. Two of Haniyeh’s grandchildren had been additionally killed within the assault and a 3rd was wounded, Hamas media stated.
“Our calls for are clear and particular and we won’t make concessions on them. The enemy might be delusional if it thinks that focusing on my sons, on the climax of the negotiations and earlier than the motion sends its response, will push Hamas to alter its place,” Haniyeh advised pan-Arab Al Jazeera TV.
“The blood of my sons shouldn’t be dearer than the blood of our folks,” stated Haniyeh, who is predicated overseas within the Gulf Arab state of Qatar.
Haniyeh has been the tough-talking face of Hamas’ worldwide diplomacy as conflict with Israel has raged again within the Gaza Strip, the place his household dwelling was destroyed in an Israeli airstrike again in November.
Hamas stated on Tuesday it was finding out an Israeli ceasefire proposal however that it was “intransigent” and didn’t meet any of the Palestinian calls for.
Within the seventh month of a conflict during which Israel’s air and floor offensive has devastated Gaza, Hamas desires an finish to Israeli navy operations and a withdrawal from the enclave, and permission for displaced Palestinians to return dwelling.
Haniyeh’s eldest son confirmed in a Fb submit that his three brothers had been killed. “Because of God who honoured us by the martyrdom of my brothers, Hazem, Amir and Mohammad and their youngsters,” wrote Abdel-Salam Haniyeh.
Appointed to the group’s prime job in 2017, Haniyeh has moved between Turkey and Qatar’s capital Doha, avoiding Israeli-imposed journey restrictions in blockaded Gaza and enabling him to behave as a negotiator within the newest ceasefire negotiations, or talk with Hamas’ most important ally Iran.
Israel regards the whole Hamas management as terrorists, accusing Haniyeh and different leaders of continuous to “pull the strings of the Hamas terror organisation”.
However how a lot Haniyeh knew in regards to the Oct. 7 cross-border assault on Israel by Gaza-based operatives beforehand shouldn’t be clear. The assault plan, drawn up by the Hamas navy council in Gaza, was such a intently guarded secret that some Hamas officers overseas appeared shocked by its timing and scale.
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