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October 2016 Hamas Government
The Hamas government of October 2016 is a faction of the Palestinian government based in Gaza and is effectively the third Hamas-dominated government in the Gaza Strip since the takeover of Gaza by Hamas. On October 17, 2016, the Supreme Administrative Committee began the process of building progressive ministries in Gaza, reshuffled active ministries and repositioned 16 deputy ministers and director generals in government institutions. The government in Gaza is composed of deputy ministers, governors-general and other high-level officials linked directly to the Ramallah administration. Initially, it was speculated that the formation of the Hamas government in 2016 was an attempt by Ismail Haniyeh to return to full Hamas control of Gaza. As part of government reform, it was decided to expand the Ministry of Planning. The United States, Canada, the European Union, Japan and Israel classify Hamas as a state institution in Gaza associated with the PLO government and recognize the PL ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ismail Haniyeh
Ismail Haniyeh (, ; 29 January 1962 – 31 July 2024) was a Palestinian politician who served as third chairman of the Hamas Political Bureau from May 2017 until Assassination of Ismail Haniyeh, his assassination in July 2024. He also served as the Prime Minister of the Palestinian National Authority, prime minister of the Palestinian National Authority from March 2006 until June 2014 and the first Gaza Strip under Hamas#Hamas leader in the Gaza Strip, Hamas leader in the Gaza Strip from June 2007 until February 2017, where he was succeeded by Yahya Sinwar. Haniyeh was born in the al-Shati refugee camp in the then Egyptian-occupied Gaza Strip, Egyptian-controlled Gaza Strip in 1962 or 1963, to parents who were 1948 Palestinian expulsion and flight, expelled or fled from Al-Jura (now part of Ashkelon) during the 1948 Palestine war. He earned a bachelor's degree in Arabic literature from the Islamic University of Gaza in 1987, where he first became involved with Hamas, which was f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
March 2025 Israeli Attacks On The Gaza Strip
In the early hours of 18 March 2025, Israel launched a surprise attackMultiple sources: * * * on the Gaza Strip, effectively ending the 2025 Gaza war ceasefire. Israel's missile and artillery attack killed more than 400 Palestinians, including 263 women and children according to the Gaza Health Ministry, making it one of the deadliest in the Gaza war. Codenamed Operation Might and Sword (Hebrew: מבצע עוז וחרב, ''Mivtza Oz VaḤerev'') by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF), it was carried out in coordination with the United States. The next day, the Israeli military announced that it was conducting a ground offensive to retake the Netzarim Corridor, from which it had withdrawn in February. On 17 January, a deal for a 42-day ceasefire was achieved, with the deal, which also calls for the release of Israeli hostages, then being approved by Israel's security cabinet in an afternoon vote. Later in the day, the deal was given full cabinet approval and signed by its nego ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fathi Ahmad Hammad
Fathi Ahmad Hamad (, also spelled Fathi Hammad; born 3 January 1961) is a Palestinian politician and member of the Hamas political bureau. He was Interior Minister in the Hamas-administered Gaza Strip from 2009 to 2014. Biography In 1983, Hammad joined the Muslim Brotherhood. He is the founder and Vice President of Dar Al Quran. From 1988 to 1994, Hamad was in Israeli prison. He was also arrested three times by the Palestinian Authority and spent 2 years in Palestinian jails. Hamad became a Hamas-affiliated member of the Palestinian Legislative Council in 2006, representing his home town of Beit Lahia in northern Gaza. He also leads the Hamas Public Affairs Department and the chairman of al-Ribat Communications and Artistic Productions - a Hamas-run company which produces Hamas's radio station, Al-Aqsa Voice Radio, its television station, Al-Aqsa TV and its bi-weekly newspaper, ''The Message''. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ihab Al-Ghussein
Ihab al-Ghussein (; 12 May 1979 – 7 July 2024) was a Palestinian politician who served as the ''de facto'' spokesman of the Ministry of Interior (State of Palestine), Interior Ministry of the Palestinian Authority based in the Hamas-administered Gaza Strip. Biography Al-Gussein was born on 12 May 1979. In 2012, he became the director of the Communications Ministry in the Gaza Strip until 2020, when he was appointed as the Deputy Minister of Labor. He was involved in merging the Executive Force of Hamas into the Palestinian security forces which includes police, national and internal security, civil defense forces and firefighters. Al-Ghussein ordered the release of 150 prisoners who were members of Fatah and other Palestinian factions. During Israel's air strikes against Hamas government buildings in Gaza War (2008–2009), 2008–2009 Gaza War, in which Israel claimed it killed Hamas operatives launching rockets, al-Ghussein replied that those killed were "Gazans at work, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Interior Minister Of The Gaza Strip
The Interior Minister in the Gaza Strip is an office created in June 2007, following the Hamas takeover of the Gaza Strip, that left the Ramallah-based version of the Palestinian National Authority (PNA) as the Palestinian leadership in only the occupied West Bank and a Hamas-led government in control of the Gaza Strip. The ministry is in charge of the security and statistics of the people in the Gaza Strip. In June 2007, the Interior Minister in Gaza was Said Seyam, as part of the first Hamas government of June 2007 led by Ismail Haniyeh. After Seyam was assassinated in January 2009, during the Gaza War, Fathi Hamad was appointed to the office in April 2009. Hamad continued in the position in the second Haniyeh government of September 2012. The Interior Minister also leads the Hamas Public Affairs Department and is the director of Al-Aqsa TV, the Hamas-run television station. Officeholders See also * Ministry of Interior (State of Palestine) The Ministry of Int ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Finance Minister Of The Gaza Strip
The Minister of Finance () is the head of the Government of Palestine's branch that is in charge of finance. The minister deals with launching audits, collecting tax from Palestinian businesses and overseeing financial aid directed to the Palestinian National Authority. Omar al-Bitar is the current Finance Minister. In April 2007, it was reported that that branch was not receiving satisfactory amounts of money. It was estimated that the PNA gained only $40 million, while $160 million was the amount required. Functions The Finance Minister is in charge of * Controlling financial activities of the PNA and its expenditure. * Supervising, studying and organizing monetary funds and the economic and political analysis of financial aid directed towards the PNA. * Supervising and controlling the private capital funds of the PNA. * Providing the money needed for facing the government's expenditures. * Paying the salaries of government employees. * Managing and settling employee salari ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yahya Al-Sarraj
Dr. Yahya Rusydi Al-Sarraj (or Yahya R. Sarraj or Yahya Sarraj) is a university professor and local government administrator who has served as mayor of Gaza City, Palestine, since 2019. Al-Sarraj is a graduate of An-Najah University and the University of Leeds, and received his doctorate from the University of Bradford. Academic career Al-Sarraj has served in multiple academic roles throughout Gaza. In 2014, he was the deputy chairman of external affairs at the Islamic University of Gaza. By 2019, he had been serving as the head of the board of trustees of the University College of Applied Sciences, another university in Gaza, and served on a joint committee addressing financial issues across Gazan universities. Mayoralty Al-Sarraj assumed the office of Mayor of Gaza in 2019 after being selected by the city's Hamas-led administration. Fatah, the political party that dominates the Palestinian Authority in the West Bank, denounced the selection process, although it eventually ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ziad Al-Zaza
Ziad Al-Zaza (; 28 November 1955 – 9 February 2022) was a Palestinian politician. Biography A member of Hamas, he served as Minister of Transportation with the Palestinian National Authority from 2006 to 2007 and was Minister of National Economy from 17 March to 14 June 2007. Al-Zaza died from COVID-19 in Gaza City Gaza City, also called Gaza, is a city in the Gaza Strip, Palestine, and the capital of the Gaza Governorate. Located on the Mediterranean coast, southwest of Jerusalem, it was home to Port of Gaza, Palestine's only port. With a population of ..., on 9 February 2022, at the age of 66. References 1955 births 2022 deaths Hamas members Palestinian politicians Government ministers of the Palestinian National Authority Deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic in Palestine People from Gaza City {{Palestine-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ghazi Hamad
Ghāzi Hamad (; born 1964) is a senior Hamas member. He was formerly the chairman of the border crossings authority in the Gaza Strip and Deputy Foreign Minister in the Hamas government of 2012.''Hamas seeks to enter the world of diplomacy'' Saleh al-Naami, Asharq Al-Awsat, 5 September 2012 According to the '''', Hamad left Gaza for weeks before the [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Khaled Meshaal
Khaled Mashal (, ; born 28 May 1956) is a Palestinian politician who served as the second chairman of the Hamas Political Bureau from 1996 until May 2017, when he was succeeded by Ismail Haniyeh. He has also covered duties as the acting leader of Hamas twice, from July 2024 until August 2024 and since October 2024, after both leaders were assassinated by Israel. He was regarded as one of the most prominent leaders of Hamas since the death of Ahmed Yassin, alongside Ismail Haniyeh and Yahya Sinwar. Israel's occupation of the West Bank and the Gaza Strip during the 1967 Six-Day War forced Mashal's family to flee Palestine. He has since lived in exile in other parts of the Arab world. For that reason, he was considered part of Hamas' "external leadership". After the founding of Hamas in the wake of the First Intifada against the Israeli occupation in 1987, Mashal became the leader of the Kuwaiti branch of the organization. In 1992, he became a founding member of Hamas' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Jerusalem Post
''The Jerusalem Post'' is an English language, English-language Israeli broadsheet newspaper based in Jerusalem, Israel, founded in 1932 during the Mandate for Palestine, British Mandate of Mandatory Palestine, Palestine by Gershon Agron as ''The Palestine Post''. In 1950, it changed its name to ''The Jerusalem Post''. In 2004, the paper was bought by Mirkaei Tikshoret, a diversified Israeli media firm controlled by investor Eli Azur (who in 2014 also acquired the newspaper ''Maariv (newspaper), Maariv''). ''The Jerusalem Post'' is published in English. Previously, it also had a French edition. The paper describes itself as being in the Politics of Israel, Israeli political political center, center, which is considered to be Centre-right politics, center-right by Far-right politics in Israel, international standards; its editorial line is critical of political corruption, and supportive of the separation of religion and state in Israel. It is also a strong proponent of greater in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Essam Al-Da'alis
Issam al-Da'alis (, 30 October 1966 – 18 March 2025), also spelled Daalis or Dalis, was a Palestinian politician who served as the head of the Government Administrative Committee of the Gaza Strip, a position comparable to that of prime minister or head of government. He was assassinated by Israel during the 18 March 2025 attacks. Biography Al-Daalis was born in the Jabalia refugee camp in the Gaza Strip in 1966. He worked in various roles for UNRWA, including assistant director, member of its employee union, and head of its teachers' department. Between 2012 and 2014, al-Daalis was an advisor to Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh. He was a member of the Hamas Shura Council from 2009 to 2013, leading the group's financial and economic department. He was deputy head of Hamas's political movement from 2012 to 2020. In March 2020, al-Daalis was elected to Hamas' Political Bureau in the Gaza Strip and became head of its media department. In June 2021, al-Daalis left his position in th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
