Mumbai, August 7: As announced by the Hamas Political Bureau on August 6, Yahya Ibrahim Hassan Sinwar is the new political leader of Hamas (Harakat al-Muqawama al-Islamiya), the Palestinian Sunni Islamist political and military organisation. Yahya Sinwar succeeded Ismail Haniyeh after his assassination on July, 31 in Tehran, Iran.슬롯 머신 사이트 추천"The 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," the group said.

Speaking about the significance of Sinwar's choice, the Hamas said: "Selecting the brother Yahya Sinwar from the heart of the besieged Gaza Strip 슬롯사이트� who is present the frontlines with resistance fighters and between the children of his people, under the rubble, blockade, killings and starvation 슬롯사이트� reasserts that the goals the enemy is seeking by killing leaders have failed."슬롯 머신 사이트 추천Before this, Sinwar was the Hamas leader in the Gaza strip since February, 2017.슬롯 머신 사이트 추천Hamas Names Yahya Sinwar, Mastermind of October 7 Attacks, As New Political Bureau Chief After Assassination of Ismail Haniyeh.

Who Is Yahya Sinwar?

Born in the Khan Yunis refugee camp in Egyptian-ruled Gaza, Sinwar, aged 61, was allegedly the mastermind behind the October 7, 2023, attack on Israel, which triggered the Israeli attack on the Gaza strip, leaving nearly 40,000 people dead and displacing almost 2.3 million population in the scuffle. Previously, in September 2015, Sinwar was designated a terrorist by the United States government. He was also arrested and tried by Israel for abducting and murder of two Israeli soldiers and four alleged Palestinian collaborators in 1989. He was also sentenced to four life sentences and served 22 years until his release in the 2011 Prisoner Exchange of abducted Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit.슬롯 머신 사이트 추천Israel-Hamas War: IDF Says Airstrikes in Northern West Bank Kill 9 Palestinian Militants.

Sinwar, as per analysts, was largely unseen since the October 7 attack,슬롯 머신 사이트 추천and슬롯 머신 사이트 추천 being from Gaza himself, his appointment as leader of Hamas indicates the central place that Gaza occupies in the group슬롯사이트™s political vision. As per May 2024, the prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, Karim Khan, announced his intention to apply for an arrest warrant for Sinwar for crimes against humanity as part of the ICC investigation in Palestine.

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