| Khalil al-Hayya | |
| Birth Date: | 5 November 1960[1] |
| Birth Place: | Gaza, Palestine |
| Office: | Deputy Chairman of the Hamas Political Bureau |
| Term Start: | 6 August 2024 |
| Predecessor: | Saleh al-Arouri |
| 1Blankname: | Chairman |
| 1Namedata: | Yahya Sinwar |
| Office1: | Member of the Palestinian Legislative Council |
| Term Start1: | 25 January 2006 |
| Constituency1: | Gaza City |
| Nationality: | Palestinian |
| Party: | Hamas |
Khalil al-Hayya (Arabic: خليل الحية) is a Palestinian politician who has served as the deputy chairman of the Hamas Political Bureau since August 2024, succeeding Saleh al-Arouri. He also was elected to the Palestinian Legislative Council since January 2006 as a representative of Gaza City. He resided in the neighborhood of Shuja'iyya.
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] Speaking to the New York Times, 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 Gaza War.[9] [10] [11]
Khalil al-Hayya has called on the United Nations to recognize Palestine within its pre-1948 borders.[12]