Top Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh killed

1962: Born to poor refugee family at Shati refugee camp, Gaza

1983: Attends Islamic University of Gaza, becomes activist in Islamic Student Bloc, precursor to Hamas

1988: Imprisoned for six months for participation in first Palestinian uprising

1989: Arrested again, remaining in prison for three years

1992: Exiled to no-man’s-land between Israel and Lebanon, along with number of Hamas leaders – returns to Gaza after one year following Oslo Accords

1997: Appointed head of office of Hamas’ spiritual leader, Sheikh Ahmed Yassin

2006: Appointed Palestinian prime minister by President Mahmoud Abbas after Hamas wins most seats in national elections – but dismissed one year later after group ousts Abbas’ Fatah party from Gaza Strip in week of deadly violence

2017: Elected head of Hamas’ political bureau
  
2018: U.S. Department of State designates Haniyeh as terrorist
  
2019: Haniyeh begins to live in Turkey and Qatar, becoming face of Palestinian group’s international diplomacy
      
Oct 7, 2023: War begins following Hamas’ attack on southern Israel which kills 1,200 people. Israel promises to destroy Hamas
    
Apr, 2024: Israel kills three of Haniyeh’s children in airstrike in Gaza

May: Prosecutor for International Criminal Court says he would seek arrest warrant for Haniyeh over alleged war crimes in relation to October attack on Israel
  
Jul 31: Ismail Haniyeh, 62, assassinated in Tehran hours after attending inauguration ceremony of new Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian. Hamas blames Israel for his death
  

Sources: Reuters, BBC, AFP 
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