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unusual facts about Ismail Haniya



2008 breach of the Gaza–Egypt border

Ahmed Yousef, a senior adviser to Gaza's Prime Minister Ismail Haniya, warned that "The next time there is a crisis in the Gaza Strip, Israel will have to face half a million Palestinians who will march toward Erez," a border crossing with Israel, and on to towns left during the 1948 Palestinian exodus.

Adnan al-Ghoul

On 26 September 2003, he reportedly attended a meeting with Mohammed Deif, Ismail Haniya, one of Hamas' political leaders, and the organisation's spiritual leader, Sheik Ahmed Yasin, when Israeli forces bombed the house where they gathered.

Ahmed Yousef

Ahmed Yousef is a senior adviser to Gaza's Prime Minister Ismail Haniya.

Fatah–Hamas Mecca Agreement

The Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniya and Khaled Mashal represented Hamas.


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Governance of the Gaza Strip

On June 16, 2007, Ismail Haniya declared Said Fanuna (officially a Fatah general who, in reality, distanced himself from Mahmoud Abbas) as the new security chief in the Gaza Strip, stating him as a "higher police command" than the West Bank-based police chief Kamal el-Sheikh of the Fatah.