Sinwar had been the leader of Hamas in Gaza ... Meshaal is one of the founders of Hamas Khaled Meshaal, who was born in the West Bank in 1956, is considered one of the founders of Hamas.

December 1987 – Palestinian cleric Sheikh Ahmed Yassin founds Hamas, a spinoff of the Muslim Brotherhood. Meshaal joins and becomes the leader of the Hamas chapter in Kuwait. 1991 – US and ...

The exiled leader of Hamas, Khaled Meshaal, said on Wednesday the time has come to lift a ban on contacts with his movement. "For the past three years, they have been trying to get rid of Hamas ...

A high-ranking delegation from Hamas arrived in Cairo Monday evening on an official visit to meet with Egyptian leadership to ...

"If you commit the stupidity of launching a ground offensive then a black destiny awaits you," the movement's Syrian-based chief Khaled ... with Israel, Meshaal added. The Hamas leader accused ...

Baskin named longtime leader Khaled Mashal, head of the Hamas bureau abroad, and Mousa Abu Marzouk, another senior official. The Shura Council, a body of senior Hamas officials, also had to be ...

Hamas is a Palestinian armed group and political movement in the Gaza Strip. On 7 October 2023 it attacked Israel, killing about 1,200 people and taking more than 250 hostages. This triggered a ...

Its most prominent leaders now include Khalil al-Hayya ... Other key figures include Khaled Meshaal, head of Hamas's relations with Palestinian communities abroad, and Mahmoud Zahar, one of ...