Haniyeh became the tough-talking face of the Palestinian group's international diplomacy as war raged back in Gaza, where three of his sons and four of his grandchildren were killed in an Israeli air strike.
Haniyeh became the tough-talking face of the Palestinian group's international diplomacy as war raged back in Gaza, where three of his sons and four of his grandchildren were killed in an Israeli air strike.No Muslim should die in his bed while "Palestine" remains occupied, he quoted Yassin as saying. / Photo: AA
The comment, broadcast on television as Haniyeh addressed Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, reflected deeply-held beliefs that shaped his life and approach to the Palestinians' conflict with Israel, one inspired by the late Hamas founder Sheikh Ahmed Yassin, who preached Holy Struggle against Israel in the 1980s.
He said he learnt from Sheikh Yassin"the love of Islam and sacrifice for this Islam and not to kneel to tyrants and despots."
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