The “Islamic Resistance Movement (“Hamas”) announces that the brother mujahid Khalil al-Hayya has been elected as the head of the movement’s political bureau, replacing the leader Yahya al-Sinwar, who died a martyr’s death,” said a Hamas statement.
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Y. al-Sinwar, accused of being behind the October 7 attacks, was killed by Israeli forces in October 2024 in the Gaza Strip.
Since then, a leadership council led by longtime senior official Mohammed Darwish has been at the helm of Hamas.
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Born in 1960, Kh. al-Hayya survived an Israeli assassination attempt in Doha last year, during which one of his sons was killed.
