Hamas announces Yahya al-Sinwar new politburo chief
The leader of Hamas in Gaza, Al-Sinwar, a former prisoner for 23 years, was a mastermind player in the Al-Aqsa Flood operation on October 7. | According to a statement by Hamas, the Palestinian resistance movement, Yahya al-Sinwar will serve as its new political leader, succeeding martyred Ismail Haniyeh.
💬 "The Hamas Islamic Resistance movement has announced the election of Yahya al-Sinwar as head of the movement's political office to replace the murdered Ismail Haniyeh."
In a statement, the Hamas Movement said: "After in-depth and extensive consultations and deliberations in our leadership institutions, brother leader Yahya Sinwar was chosen as head of the political bureau."
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