Khaled Mashaal

Who are the most senior Hamas, Hezbollah figures left alive? - explainer

In the wake of the devastation suffered by the groups, who are some of the most significant figures remaining in Hamas and Hezbollah?

Flags of Hezbollah and Hamas.
HAMAS TERRORIST KHALED MASHAAL speaks during an interview in Doha.

Mashaal to Al Jazeera Forum: Hamas disarming risks making Gazans ‘easy victims to be eliminated'

Francesca Albanese, the United Nations special rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the occupied Palestinian territory, speaks at the conference "Cartography of a Genocide", on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, at Roma Tre University, in Rome, Italy, October 6, 2025.

Francesca Albanese expected to speak at Al Jazeera Forum alongside Hamas leader, Iran's FM - report

The new Hamas spokesperson in front of an ilustrative image of former Hamas spokesperson Abu Obeida's coffin.

In first message from new spokesperson, Hamas admits death of Abu Obeida, Mohammed Sinwar


Stupendously stupid or surreptitiously sinister

Into the fray: The unilateral two-state initiative endorsed by INSS this week is clearly not a ‘creative’ pro-peace measure but a demonstrably anti-settler one.

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Khaled Mashaal re-elected as Hamas leader

Veteran leader is elected for fourth term, despite previous announcements that he does not intend to run for re-election.

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My word: When diplomacy ‘ads’ up

Along with the flickering images and a tune that is hard to get out of your head, today’s ads are nearly always reinforced by a short slogan.

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Hamas: Mashaal did not accept the two-state solution

"We will never agree to giving the Zionist state one inch of the land of Palestine," senior Hamas official says.

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'Hamas leader Mashaal seeking presidency of PLO'

'Al-Quds Al-Arabi' quotes Palestinian sources as saying Jordan and Qatar are pushing for Mashaal to chair PLO.

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Erekat defends Hamas's right to run in elections

In interview with Army Radio chief PLO negotiator says of West Bank elections, "we use ballots not bullets."

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PM: Hamas talks show Abbas not seeking peace

Netanyahu denounces PA president's attempt to forge unity with Hamas, says it is "not how someone who wants peace behaves."

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PM: Mashaal meeting shows Abbas not for peace

Netanyahu denounces PA president's attempt to forge unity with terror group, says "This is not how someone who wants peace behaves."

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Fatah, Hamas take fresh stab at unity deal

Deal between Abbas and Mashaal is to be based on Qatari accord calling for a Palestinian unity government headed by Abbas.

Abbas and Hamas leader

Why a two-state solution will never work

Original Thinking: What will happen when you have pressured Israel into allowing a Palestinian entity to take hold on the 1967 borders, an entity that is taken over by a radical Islamic force bent on Israel’s destruction?

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