The three sons – Hazem, Amir and Mohammad – had been killed after the automotive 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 is not going to make concessions on them. The enemy will likely 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 vary its place,” Haniyeh advised pan-Arab Al Jazeera TV. “The blood of my sons is just not dearer than the blood of our individuals,” stated Haniyeh, who relies overseas within the Gulf Arab state of Qatar.
Haniyeh has been the tough-talking face of Hamas’ worldwide diplomacy as battle with Israel has raged again within the Gaza Strip, the place his household residence 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 battle 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 residence. Haniyeh’s eldest son confirmed in a Fb publish 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 kids,” wrote Abdel-Salam Haniyeh.
Appointed to the militant 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’ predominant ally Iran.
Israel regards all the Hamas management as terrorists, accusing Haniyeh and different leaders of constant 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 militants beforehand is just not clear. The assault plan, drawn up by the Hamas navy council in Gaza, was such a carefully guarded secret that some Hamas officers overseas appeared shocked by its timing and scale.
