Weeks after Israel’s failed strike in Doha, Hamas official Khalil al-Hayya reappears on Qatari TV, glorifying death and vowing revenge.
Nearly a month after Israel’s targeted strike in Doha failed to eliminate him, senior Hamas terror leader Khalil al-Hayya resurfaced Saturday for the first time, giving a fiery interview to the Qatari Al-Araby channel.
Al-Hayya, one of Hamas’s most senior commanders and deputy to Ismail Haniyeh, broke his silence to glorify martyrdom, invoking the deaths of his son and office staff as a “sacrifice for Jerusalem.”
“Their spilled blood,” al-Hayya declared, “will pave the way for victory, for Jerusalem, and for humiliating the occupation.”
His rhetoric underscored Hamas’s continued embrace of death as a political weapon, even as the group reels from crippling losses in Gaza and precision Israeli strikes on its leadership abroad.
Israeli intelligence officials said al-Hayya’s appearance confirms that Hamas’s external leadership remains under Qatari protection, despite international calls for Doha to expel or extradite senior figures orchestrating terror from its territory.
The interview, aired on Qatari television, was widely seen as a propaganda move — a reminder that Hamas continues to glorify bloodshed over peace while exploiting regional media platforms to maintain its grip on supporters.
