Khalil al-Hayya (Arabic: خليل الحية) is a senior Hamas official who was elected to the Palestinian Legislative Council on 25 January 2006 as a representative of Gaza City. He resided in the neighborhood of Shuja'iyya.
Khalil al-Hayya | |
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Member of the Palestinian Legislative Council | |
Assumed office 25 January 2006 | |
Constituency | Gaza City |
Personal details | |
Born | 5 November 1960[1] Gaza |
Nationality | Palestinian |
Political party | Hamas |
Khalil al-Hayya said they attacked Israel on October 7th since it was necessary to "change the entire equation and not just have a clash," he also said: “We succeeded in putting the Palestinian issue back on the table, and now no one in the region is experiencing calm."[2] To NYT, he said that Hamas's goal is not "to run Gaza and bring it water and electricity" but to renew attention on the Palestinian cause,[3] and he said Hamas began October 7 to tell people that the Palestinian cause would not die.[4]
Seven or eight of his relatives, including two of his brothers, were killed by Israeli strikes on his home in 2007.[5][6] One of his sons was killed by an Israeli airstrike in 2008 while leading a rocket brigade.[7][8] Another son, daughter-in-law, and grandson were killed by an airstrike on his home in July 2014 during the 2014 Israel–Gaza conflict.[9][10][11]
al-Hayya has called on the United Nations to recognize Palestine within its pre-1948 borders.[12]
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- "Hamas official: No elections without West Bank freedoms". Bethlehem: Ma'an. 6 March 2012. Archived from the original on 4 July 2013. Retrieved 20 July 2014.
- Khatib, Abed Rahim (3 February 2010). "Senior Hamas leader Khalil al-Hayya meets senior Fatah leader Nabil Shaath in Gaza City". Demotix. Archived from the original on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 20 July 2014.