They really should have studied up on Black September and Operation Wrath of God.
From the New York Times, October 17:
Top figures in the Palestinian militant group have long been targeted by Israel.
The death of the Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar, who was killed on Wednesday by Israeli forces in Gaza, deals a significant blow to the militant organization.
Israel has made eliminating Hamas’s leadership an aim of the war in Gaza, and it considered Mr. Sinwar one of its biggest targets. Long considered by Israel and the United States as the planner of Hamas’s military strategy in Gaza, Mr. Sinwar also took on the role of the organization’s political chief two months ago, after the assassination of Ismail Haniyeh.
For months, Mr. Sinwar had evaded the sort of Israeli efforts to find and kill him that have led to the deaths of other senior officials in Hamas, including Mr. Haniyeh.
Hamas’s leadership structure is opaque, but here is what is known about some of Hamas’s most prominent figures who are still believed to be alive or whose fate is unclear:
Khaled Meshal, a former political head of Hamas
Born near the West Bank city of Ramallah, Mr. Meshal became the leader of Hamas’s political office in 1996, directing the group from exile. Two years later, Israeli agents injected him with a slow-acting poison in Jordan, sending him into a coma before he was saved by an antidote provided by Israel as part of a diplomatic deal with Jordan.
Mr. Meshal spent his career moving from one Arab nation to another, living in Kuwait, Jordan, Qatar and Syria. When he stepped down as head of the political office, he was succeeded in 2017 by Mr. Haniyeh. Mr. Meshal remains an influential official in the group.
Khalil al-Hayya, the deputy leader of Hamas in Gaza...
....NOT MUCH MORE
Maybe now there is a chance for, if not peace at least the return of the kidnapped and a ceasefire in Gaza.
From November 2023's ""Hamas leaders worth staggering $11B revel in luxury...."":
...Hamas runs an office in Qatar’s capital, Doha, and leaders Ismail Haniyeh, Moussa Abu Marzuk and Khaled Mashal maintain a luxurious lifestyle.
One of the sons of Hamas leader [deceased] Ismail Haniyeh lounges in a luxury hotel suite in Qatar. Haniyeh is worth more than $4 billion.
Possibly related:
Hamas Brings Back Casual Fridays To Draw In New Recruits
No word on Return To Office policy. Meanwhile up north in Lebanon:
Young Hezbollah Recruit Can’t Believe He's Already Made Regional Manager
