Hamas Names Gaza Chief to Replace Recently Killed Top Leader

Yahya Sinwar, 61, will lead the Iran-backed terrorist group’s political bureau.
Hamas Names Gaza Chief to Replace Recently Killed Top Leader
Yahya Sinwar attends a rally in Gaza City on October 1, 2022. Mahmud Hams/AFP via Getty Images
Bill Pan
Bill Pan
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Hamas has picked Yahya Sinwar, the terrorist group’s top official in Gaza, to lead its highest decision-making body.

The decision was announced Aug. 6, seven days after Sinwar’s predecessor, Ismail Haniyeh, died in a targeted explosion while at a guest house in the Iranian capital of Tehran.