{"id":6436,"date":"2024-08-07T15:07:06","date_gmt":"2024-08-07T15:07:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/?p=6436"},"modified":"2024-08-07T15:07:07","modified_gmt":"2024-08-07T15:07:07","slug":"hamas-names-yahya-sinwar-as-new-leader-after-ismail-haniyehs-killing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/?p=6436","title":{"rendered":"Hamas names Yahya Sinwar as new leader after Ismail Haniyeh\u2019s killing"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The selection of Sinwar follows the assassination of Ismail Haniyeh and signals the centrality of Gaza within the group.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/a><\/a><\/a>Hamas says it has chosen Yahya Sinwar, its top official in Gaza, as the new leader of its political bureau.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The selection of Sinwar follows\u00a0Ismail Haniyeh\u2019s<\/a>\u00a0assassination in Tehran on July 31, the Palestinian group said on Tuesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe Islamic Resistance Movement Hamas announces the selection of Commander Yahya Sinwar as the head of the political bureau of the movement, succeeding the martyr Commander Ismail Haniyeh, may [God] have mercy on him,\u201d the group said in a brief statement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sinwar, 61, is seen by Israel as the mastermind behind the October 7 attack by Hamas inside Israeli territory, in which more than 1,100 people were killed and more than 200 others taken captive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Israel\u2019s subsequent military campaign in Gaza has killed nearly 40,000 Palestinians, thousands of them women and children, displaced almost its entire 2.3 million population and caused an unprecedented humanitarian crisis with widespread starvation and health emergencies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Israeli assault has also come with reports of systematic rights abuses<\/a>, such as the torture of Palestinians in captivity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Haniyeh\u2019s assassination, almost certainly carried out by Israel, sent shockwaves through the region and was seen by many as an effort by the government of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to scuttle efforts to negotiate a ceasefire, in which Haniyeh was a key figure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Analysts have said his replacement by Sinwar, who has gone largely unseen since the October 7 attack<\/a> was an indicator of the central place that Gaza occupies in the group\u2019s political vision.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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