Hamas announces Yahya Sinwar as new political head following Ismail Haniyeh assassination
Hamas on Tuesday announced Yahya Sinwar as the militant group’s new political head following the assassination of Ismail Haniyeh.
Hamas on Tuesday announced Yahya Sinwar as the militant group’s new political head following the assassination of Ismail Haniyeh.
Haniyeh was killed last week when an airstrike hit his residence in Tehran, where the Hamas leader had participated in the inauguration ceremony of Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian. Israel has been blamed for the strike that also killed Haniyeh's bodyguard.
"Hamas announces the selection of brother leader Yahya Sinwar as head of the movement’s political bureau, succeeding the late leader Ismail Haniyeh, may God have mercy on him," the group said in a statement Tuesday.
Hamas chief Yahya Sinwar in Gaza City on April 13, 2022.Ali Jadallah / Anadolu Agency via Getty Images fileIsrael Defense Forces spokesperson Avichay Adraee blasted the decision to install Sinwar, the man Israel accuses of being the architect of the Oct. 7 attack on Israel.
"There is only one place reserved for Yahya Sinwar and that is next to Mohammed Al-Deif, Marwan Issa, and the rest of the Hamas ISIS members responsible for the October 7 massacre whom we killed," Adraee said on X.
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