Hamas names Sinwar, architect of Oct. 7 slaughter in Israel, as new leader following Haniyeh’s assassination
Hamas leader in the Gaza Strip Yahya Sinwar speaks during a rally marking Al-Quds (Jerusalem) Day, in Gaza City, April 14, 2023. (Mohammed Abed/AFP)
Hamas leader in the Gaza Strip Yahya Sinwar speaks during a rally marking Al-Quds (Jerusalem) Day, in Gaza City, April 14, 2023. (Mohammed Abed/AFP)
Hamas officially announces that Yahya Sinwar will be the terror group’s new politburo chief, its highest-ranking figure, following the assassination of Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran last week.
Sinwar, who is Hamas’s leader in Gaza, is widely considered the architect of the October 7 invasion and massacre in southern Israel, in which some 1,200 people were killed and 251 taken hostage, sparking the ongoing war in Gaza. Hamas avowedly seeks to destroy Israel.
