Yahya Sinwar, head of the Hamas movement in the Gaza Strip, was appointed chairman of the organization's Political Bureau, replacing Ismail Haniya, who was killed in Iran. Who is Yahya Sinvar? Some relationships.

Yahya Sinwar, head of the Hamas movement in the Gaza Strip, was appointed chairman of the organization's Political Bureau, replacing Ismail Haniya, who was killed in Iran.

"Hamas announces that commander Yahya Sinwar has been elected as the head of the movement's political bureau to replace the late leader Ismail Haniya," said a written statement posted on Hamas' Telegram page.

In a statement issued on August 3, Hamas announced that it had begun consultations to replace the slain head of the Political Bureau.

Ismail Haniya was killed on July 31 in Tehran, the capital of Iran.

Who is Yahya Sinvar?

Yahya Sinwar, 61, was born in Khan Yunus, south of Gaza. In the 1980s, he studied Islamic sciences at the Islamic University of Gaza .

During this period, he created an Islamic youth organization called "Al-Majit". The organization mainly aims to expose Palestinians who have betrayed Israel. With the establishment of Hamas in 1987, " Al-Majid " also became a part of Hamas.

Sinwar was arrested in 1988. After 22 years in prison, the kidnapped Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit was released in 2011.

He is on Israel's most wanted list. Israel has announced that it will pay $400,000 for information on his location.

Sinwar is one of the planners of the "Aqsa Typhoon" operation on October 7.

The Palestinians call him "High Intelligence" and " Ghost Leader" because he is the head of the Gaza administration and controls the tunnels there. Jews are called "Nine Lives" because they survived many attacks and assassinations . Far from moderate, sharp, harsh and uncompromising.

Some relationships

Israeli officer:

"We made a mistake by killing Haniya and made Sinwar the head of Hamas.

Zionist analyst Avi Issacharoff:

"Hamas chose the most dangerous man to rule."

Former Israeli intelligence officer Michael Milstein:

"The most we could not understand from Hamas was Yahya Sinvar. He was cunning, very cunning, who always succeeded in the biggest deceptions.''

Mubashshir Ahmad

"Israel, accept the blow now. You assassinated a moderate and moderate politician. He was replaced by Yahya Sinvar, who was indomitable, brave and enterprising.

According to the official statement of Hamas, Yahya Sinwar, the commander of the Zionists in Gaza, was unanimously elected to the political leadership of the organization.

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