Haniyeh was one of Hamas leaders after the elimination of Ahmed Yassin and Abdel Aziz al-Rantisi, and in April 2012 he was also elected to serve as the head of the "political" bureau of Hamas in Gaza, until he was replaced in 2017 by infamous Yahya Sinwar, when he moved to [[Qatar]]. | Haniyeh was one of Hamas leaders after the elimination of Ahmed Yassin and Abdel Aziz al-Rantisi, and in April 2012 he was also elected to serve as the head of the "political" bureau of Hamas in Gaza, until he was replaced in 2017 by infamous Yahya Sinwar, when he moved to [[Qatar]]. |