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.”

“We express our confidence in our brother Abu Ibrahim as the leader of the movement at a sensitive stage and complex local, regional, and international circumstances,” The statement added

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