Iran Press/ West Asia: Yahya Sinwar,61, is a high-ranking Hamas military commander who has been fighting in the besieged Gaza Strip since the October 7 attack.
"Commander Yahya Sinwar was chosen as the head of the political bureau of the Hams, succeeded the martyr Commander Ismail Haniyeh, may Allah have mercy on him," Hamas said in a statement.
Haniyeh was assassinated in an attack on his residence in the early hours of July 31, in the Iranian capital Tehran, where he had attended the swearing-in ceremony of Iran’s newly-elected president, Masoud Pezeshkian, a day earlier.
Sinwar, a high-ranking Hamas military commander, became the leader of Hamas in the besieged Gaza Strip in February 2017, taking over from Haniyeh.
Osama Hamdan, a senior Hamas official, said the election of Sinwar as a political leader was a unanimous decision by the movement’s leadership.
The selection of Sinwar shows the dynamic nature of Hamas and reflects an understanding of where the movement is headed.
Israel's genocide in Gaza after 10 months killed more than 40,000 Palestinians, displaced 2.2 million people across Gaza, injured more than 92,000 people, and caused all-out destruction of houses and buildings and starvation.
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