(FILES) Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh waves to Hamas supporters during a rally in Gaza City. AFP
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas (R) meets with Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh at Abbas' office in Gaza City. AFP
This handout photograph taken and released by Turkish Presidency Press Office on April 20, 2024, shows Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (R) shaking hands with Ismail Haniyeh, the political leader of the Palestinian resistance movement Hamas, at the Dolmabahce Presidential working office in Istanbul. Iran's Revolutionary Guards. AFP
A handout picture provided by the office of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei shows him (R) meeting with Palestinian Hamas resistance movement leader Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran. AFP
Hamas senior leader Ismail Haniyah, standing in front of a portrait of the radical group's slain spiritual guide Sheikh Ahmed Yassin, addresses the crowd during rally by the group in the southern Gaza Strip. AFP
This picture released by the official SANA news agency shows Syrian President Bashar al-Assad meeting with Palestinian prime minister Ismail Haniya at al-Shaab (People's) Palace in Damascus on December 4 2006. The Palestinian militant group Hamas said. AFP
(FILES) Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri (L) receives Hamas Chief Ismail Haniyeh at the Ain el-Tineh palace in Beirut. AFP
(FILES) Hamas leader in exile Khaled Meshaal (R) waves goodbye while standing next to Hamas prime minister in the Gaza Strip Ismail Haniya (C) and Hamas leader Izzat al-Rishq (L), upon his departure from the Gaza Strip. AFP
(FILES) A handout picture provided by Hezbollah's media office on June 23, 2022 shows the chief of the Lebanese Iran-backed group Hasan Nasrallah (R) during a meeting with Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh (L) at an undisclosed location. The Palestinian militant group Hamas said. AFP
(FILES) A handout picture released by Hezbollah's al-Manar TV on June 23, 2022 shows the chief of Lebanon's Iran-backed group Hasan Nasrallah (R) posing for a picture with Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh following their meeting at an undisclosed location. The Palestinian militant group Hamas said. AFP
People hold up the Palestinian flag and a portrait of assassinated Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh Hamas, during a rally at Tehran University, in the Iranian capital Tehran on July 31, 2024. AFP
People hold up the Palestinian flag and a portrait of assassinated Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh Hamas, during a rally at Tehran University, in the Iranian capital Tehran on July 31, 2024. AFP
Two men shout slogans as one hold up the Palestinian flag following the assassination overnight of the Palestinian Hamas chief during a rally at Tehran University, in the Iranian capital Tehran on July 31, 2024. AFP