Khalil al-Hayya
Khalil al-Hayya | |
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خليل الحية | |
Al-Hayya in 2022 | |
| Chairman of the Hamas Political Bureau | |
| Acting 16 October 2024 | |
| Preceded by | Yahya Sinwar |
| Deputy Chairman of the Hamas Political Bureau | |
| In office 6 August – 16 October 2024 | |
| Chairman | Yahya Sinwar |
| Preceded by | Saleh al-Arouri |
| Member of the Palestinian Legislative Council | |
| Assumed office 18 February 2006 | |
| Constituency | Gaza City Governorate |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 5 November 1960 |
| Party | Hamas |
| Alma mater | Islamic University of Gaza (BA) University of Jordan (MA) University of the Holy Quran and Islamic Sciences (PhD) |
| Nickname | Abu Osama (kunya) |
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Khalil al-Hayya (Arabic: خليل الحية, romanized: Ḫalīl al-Ḥayya; born 5 November 1960) is a Palestinian politician who served as the deputy chairman of the Hamas Political Bureau from August to October 2024, succeeding deceased Saleh al-Arouri. He serves as one of the acting quinquevirate leadership of Hamas, alongside Khaled Mashal, Zaher Jabarin, Muhammad Ismail Darwish, and an unnamed Hamas official, after Yahya Sinwar was killed by the IDF in October 2024. He was also elected to serve in the Palestinian Legislative Council since February 2006 as a representative of Gaza City.
On 9 September 2025, al-Hayya, along with other Hamas leaders, survived an attempted assassination by Israel in an airstrike in Qatar.