Who Was Slain Hamas Leader Ismail Haniyeh? – Analysis

By Iliya Jazaeri

(RFE/RL) -- Ismail Haniyeh, a top leader of the designated Palestinian terrorist group Hamas who was killed in Tehran on July 31, was a controversial figure whose death could escalate tensions in the Middle East and derail negotiations to end Israel’s war in the Gaza Strip.

Haniyeh was the political...