Saleh al-Arouri
Hamas deputy leader
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| 2024 | Zaher Jabarin succeeded al-Arouri as Hamas's leader in the West Bank following his assassination. |
| January 2 2024 | Saleh al-Arouri, deputy leader of Hamas, was killed in an Israeli airstrike on an office in the Dahieh suburbs of Beirut, Lebanon. The strike also killed six other individuals, including additional high-ranking Hamas militants. |
| 2023 | Al-Arouri was one of the key architects of the Hamas-led attack on Israel, significantly contributing to the planning and execution of the major offensive. |
| November 2023 | Al-Arouri played a key role in negotiations that led to the release of 105 Israeli civilian hostages from Gaza. |
| October 2023 | Israeli forces destroyed al-Arouri's home in 'Arura in the Israeli-occupied West Bank during the Gaza war. |
| October 7 2023 | Following the Hamas attack on Israel, al-Arouri claimed the attack was retaliation against Israel's 'crimes of occupation' and emphasized Hamas' capture of Israeli soldiers for a potential prisoner exchange. |
| September 2023 | Al-Arouri met with Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah, PIJ secretary-general Ziyad al-Nakhalah, and PFLP deputy secretary-general Jamil Mezher in Lebanon. |
| October 2017 | Appointed as deputy chairman of the Hamas Political Bureau. |
| 2015 | The United States placed a $5 million bounty on Saleh al-Arouri and designated him as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist. |
| December 2015 | Saleh al-Arouri reportedly left Turkey and moved to Lebanon. |
| September 2015 | Al-Arouri was placed on the U.S. list of terrorists, with the U.S. Treasury sanctioning him for being responsible for money transfers for Hamas. |
| August 20 2014 | Saleh al-Arouri claimed at a conference in Turkey that Hamas was responsible for the kidnapping and murder of Israeli teenagers, though experts doubted his direct involvement. |
| October 2012 | Al-Arouri attended the visit of the Emir of Qatar to the Gaza Strip. |
| March 2012 | Al-Arouri met with Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan as part of a Hamas delegation. |
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