Khalil al-Hayya

Khalil al-Hayya

Khalil al-Hayya (Arabic: خليل الحية, romanized: Ḫalīl al-Ḥayya; born 5 November 1960) is a Palestinian politician who served as the deputy chairman of the Hamas Political Bureau from August to October 2024, succeeding deceased Saleh al-Arouri. He serves as one of the acting quinquevirate leadership of Hamas, alongside Khaled Mashal, Zaher Jabarin, Muhammad Ismail Darwish, and an unnamed Hamas official, after Yahya Sinwar was killed by the IDF in October 2024. He was also elected to the Palestinian Legislative Council since January 2006 as a representative of Gaza City. On 9 September 2025, al-Hayya, along with other Hamas leaders, survived an attempted assassination by Israel in an airstrike in Qatar. Read more on Wikipedia

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Khalil al-Hayya is a prominent Palestinian politician known for his role as a senior leader in Hamas and as a member of the Palestinian Legislative Council. He has been involved in various political and military activities within the Gaza Strip.