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00:00Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh has passed away.
00:03He died at a time when Israeli attacks were going on in Gaza.
00:08Ismail Haniyeh lived in Qatar and had not been to Gaza for many years.
00:13However, he was the biggest face of Hamas on international stages.
00:18Hamas, the top organization in Palestine, is controlling Gaza.
00:22Many senior leaders of Hamas appear to be covered in the media.
00:27Let's find out about those faces who are running Hamas.
00:31Ismail Haniyeh.
00:32Ismail Haniyeh was the head of Hamas' political bureau
00:36and the prime minister of the 10th government of the Palestinian Authority.
00:40Hamas appointed him the prime minister of the Palestinian Authority on February 16, 2006.
00:45But a year later, the head of the Palestinian National Authority,
00:49Mahmoud Abbas, dismissed him from his post.
00:53On May 6, 2017, Haniyeh was elected the head of Hamas' political bureau.
00:59In 2018, the US Department of State declared Haniyeh a terrorist.
01:04Mohammad Deif.
01:05Mohammad Deif planned to build the tunnels that led to Hamas' invasion of Israel from Gaza.
01:13His real name is Mohammad Deeb al-Masri.
01:15He is the head of Hamas' military organization, the Izz al-Din al-Qasim Brigade.
01:21He was born in Gaza in 1965.
01:24Palestinians know him as Mastermind.
01:26While Israelis call him the Man of Death or the Fighter with Nine Lives.
01:33The word Deif is used for a guest in Arabic.
01:37Mohammad Deif got this name because he doesn't stay in one place for long.
01:43To escape attacks, Israelis sleep in different places every night.
01:48Marwan Issa.
01:49Israel calls Marwan Issa a man of deeds, not words.
01:54He says he is so clever that he can turn plastic into metal.
01:59Marwan Issa is considered Mohammad Deif's right hand.
02:03He is a member of the political and military bureau of the Izz al-Din al-Qasim Brigade,
02:07deputy commander-in-chief, and a member of Hamas' movement.
02:12Israel says that as long as Marwan Issa is alive,
02:15his mental battle with Hamas will continue.
02:18His name is on the list of Israel's most wanted people.
02:23Yahya Sinwar.
02:25Sinwar is the head of Hamas' political bureau in Gazapati.
02:29Born in 1962, Sinwar is the founder of Hamas' security service, Mersd.
02:35In September 2015, America put Yahya Sinwar's name
02:38in the blacklist of its international leaders.
02:42Abdullah Barghouti.
02:44Barghouti was born in Kuwait in 1972.
02:47In 1990, he went to Jordan after the second Khari war.
02:51He has studied electronic engineering.
02:53However, before completing his studies, he went to the Palestinian area.
02:57He has prepared many explosives for Hamas.
03:01Barghouti is considered responsible for the death of dozens of Israelis.
03:05He was given the longest sentence in Israel's history.
03:09He was sentenced to 60 years in prison and 52 years in jail.
03:16Khalid Mashal.
03:17Khalid Mashal is one of the founders of the Hamas movement.
03:21He has been a member of its political bureau since its establishment.
03:24Mashal was also the head of Hamas' political bureau between 1996 and 2017.
03:30In 2004, after the death of Sheikh Ahmad Yaseen,
03:34Mashal was appointed its leader.
03:36Mahmood Zahar.
03:38Zahar is one of the main leaders of Hamas.
03:41He is considered a member of the political leadership of the Hamas movement.
03:45Six months after the establishment of Hamas,
03:48in 1988, Mahmood Zahar was kept in Israeli prison for six months.
03:53In 1992, Israel deposed him along with other leaders.
03:59He stayed there for a year.
04:01In the elections held in 2005, Hamas won.
04:04Zahar worked as a foreign minister in Prime Minister Ismail Hania's government.