After Haniyeh’s Death, Who Are Hamas’s Most Prominent Leaders?

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After Haniyeh’s ******, Who Are ******’s Most Prominent Leaders?

Khalil al-Hayya, the deputy leader of ****** in Gaza

Mr. al-Hayya, who lives in exile, has been a ****** official for decades and is currently Mr. Sinwar’s deputy. He survived an ******** ************** attempt in 2007, when an airstrike on his home in Gaza ******* members of his family while he was not there.

He was thought to be a contender to succeed Mr. Haniyeh in future internal ****** elections, Mr. Lovatt said.

Mousa Abu Marzouk, a member of ******’s top political bureau

One of ******’s founders, Mr. Abu Marzouk started his political career in the ******* ***** Emirates, where he helped found a branch of the ************ ******* Brotherhood, from which ****** was formed,

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the ********* Council on Foreign Relations.

He later went to the ******* States, where he helped found Islamic institutions, including those focused on the ************ cause. In 1996, he faced ******** charges of financing and helping organize ********** attacks, when he headed ******’s political bureau. After 22 months spent in a Manhattan jail on suspicion of terrorism, he agreed to relinquish his permanent residence status in the ******* States and said he would not contest the terrorism accusations that led to his detention. The ******* States then deported him to Jordan.

He is now a senior member of the political bureau and splits his time between Gaza, Egypt and Qatar. He is another member of the cast of likely successors to Mr. Haniyeh, Mr. Lovatt said.

Muhammad Deif, the commander of ******’s military

Mr. Deif, another of the suspected planners of the Oct. 7 attacks, joined ****** as a young man soon after its founding. In 2002, he became the leader of ******’s military wing, the Qassam Brigades, succeeding its founder, who was ******* in an ******** strike. Mr. Deif has since orchestrated multiple attacks on *******, including a series of ******** bombings in 1996.

Last month, ******** forces bombarded a densely packed coastal area of Gaza with heavy munitions in an attempt to ***** Mr. Deif. Scores of Gazans were ******* in the *******. *******’s military said on Thursday that it had ******* Mr. Deif in the strike. ****** has neither confirmed nor denied his ******.

He had been at the top of *******’s list of most-wanted terrorists for decades, earlier evading more than eight attempts on his life, according to ******** intelligence. In 2014, an ******** airstrike ******* one of his wives and their infant son. ******** officials believe that Mr. Deif, who for years has not been seen publicly, has spent much of the past decades in ******’s underground tunnels.

Aaron Boxerman contributed reporting.

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