Hamas names new leader. Who is Yayha Sinwar? – National

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****** names new leader. Who is Yayha Sinwar? – National

****** on Tuesday named Yahya Sinwar, its top official in Gaza who masterminded the Oct. 7 attacks in *******, as its new leader in a dramatic sign of the power of the ************ militant group’s hardline wing after his predecessor was ******* in a presumed ******** strike in Iran.

The selection of Sinwar, a secretive figure close to Iran who worked for years to build up ******’ military strength, was a defiant signal that the group is prepared to keep fighting after 10 months of destruction from *******’s campaign in Gaza and after the ************** of Sinwar’s predecessor, Ismail Haniyeh.

It is also likely to provoke *******, which has put him at the top of its ***** list after the Oct. 7 *******, in which militants ******* 1,200 people in southern ******* and took about 250 as hostages.

The announcement comes at volatile moment. Fears are high of an escalation into a wider regional war, with Iran vowing revenge against ******* over Haniyeh’s ******** and Lebanon’s Hezbollah threatening to retaliate over *******’s ******** of one of its top commanders in an airstrike in Beirut last week. *********, Egyptian and Qatari mediators are trying to salvage negotiations over a cease-***** and ******** release deal in Gaza, shaken by Haniyeh’ ********.

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****** said in a statement it named Sinwar as the new head of its political bureau to replace Haniyeh, who was ******* in a blast that Iran and ****** blamed on *******. ******* has not confirmed or denied responsibility. Also last week, ******* said it had confirmed the ****** of the head of ******’ military wing, Mohammed Deif, in a July airstrike in Gaza. ****** has not confirmed his ******.

In reaction to the appointment, ******** military spokesman Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari told Saudi-owned Al-Arabiya televsion, “There is only one place for Yahya Sinwar, and it is beside Mohammed Deif and the rest of the October 7th terrorists. That is the only place we’re preparing and intending for him.”

*******’s killings of multiple senior officials in ****** over recent months left Sinwar as the most prominent figure in the group. His selection signals that the leadership on the ground in Gaza — particularly the armed wing known as the Qassam Brigades — has taken over from the leadership in exile, which has traditionally maintained the position of the overall leadership to navigate relations with foreign allies and diplomacy.

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Haniyeh, who had lived in self-imposed exile in Qatar since 2019, had played a direct role in negotiations over a cease-***** in Gaza through U.S., Qatari and Egyptian negotiators — though he and other ****** officials always ran proposals and positions by Sinwar.

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Speaking to Al-Jazeera television after the announcement, ****** spokesman ****** Hamdan said Sinwar would continue the cease-***** negotiations.

“The problem in negotiations is not the change in ******,” he said, blaming ******* and its ally the ******* States for the ******** to seal a deal.

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But he said said Sinwar’s selection was a sign the group’s will had not been broken. ****** “******** steadfast in the battlefield and in politics,” he said. “The person leading today is the one who led the fighting for more than 305 days and is still steadfast in the field.”

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******’ allies Iran and Hezbollah issued statements praising Sinwar’s appointment.

******’ representative in Iran, Khaled Kaddoumi, called Sinwar a “consensus choice” popular among all factions and involved in the group’s decision-making throughout, including in negotiations. In a voice message to the AP, he said Sinwar knows the political aspirations of the Palestinians for a state and the return of refugees but he is also a “fierce fighter on the battlefield.”

Mediators have been struggling to push through a U.S.-backed outline for a deal, but talks have hit obstacles, particularly over its centerpiece terms — a release of all of ******’ remaining hostages in return for an end to the conflict and a full withdrawal of ******** troops from Gaza.

****** has demanded guarantees from mediators that an initial cease-***** will continue until terms for that exchange are worked out. ******** leaders have threatened to resume fighting to eliminate ****** after an initial partial ******** release.

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In Washington, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Sinwar “has been and ******** the primary decider when it comes to concluding the cease-*****.”

He said Sinwar must “decide whether to move forward with a cease-***** that manifestly will help so many Palestinians in desperate need, women, children, men who are caught in a crossfire … It really is on him.”

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As ******’ leader inside Gaza since 2017, Sinwar rarely appeared in public but kept an iron grip on ******’ rule over the territory. Close to Deif and Qassam Brigades, he worked to build up the group’s military capabilities.

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In one of his few appearances, Sinwar ended a public speech in Gaza by inviting ******* to ************ him, proclaiming, “I will walk back home after this meeting.” He then did so, shaking hands and taking selfies with people in the streets.

He has been in deep hiding since the Oct. 7 attacks, which triggered *******’s campaign of bombardment and offensives aimed at destroying ******. The ****** toll among Palestinians is now nearing 40,000, most of the population of 2.3 million has been driven from their homes, and large swaths of Gaza’s towns and cities have been destroyed. In May, prosecutors at the International ********* Court sought an arrest warrant against Sinwar on charges of war ******* over the Oct. 7 *******, as well as against ******** Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and *******’s defense minister for war *******.

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Hugh Lovatt, an expert on the ********-************ conflict at the ********* Council on Foreign Relations. said the elimination of other top figures cleared the way for Sinwar. “Two weeks ago, few would have expected Sinwar to be the group’s next leader despite the strong influence he exerts from Gaza,” he said.

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The ******** of Haniyeh, a relative moderate, “not only opened the path for Sinwar to claim full control of ******, but also appears to have tipped the group into a more hardline direction,” he said.

Associated Press writers Kareem Chehayeb and Sarah El Deeb in Beirut contributed to this report.

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