Yahya Sinwar has been named as the new head of the political bureau of the Palestinian independence organization Hamas. Hamas confirmed this information on Tuesday. News BBC.

On July 31, Ismail Haniya, head of the political bureau of the Palestinian independence organization Hamas, was killed in Tehran, Iran. One of his bodyguards also lost his life in this attack. Iran, Hezbollah and Hamas have promised to give a strong response by blaming Israel for this killing. However, Israel neither admitted nor denied responsibility for the attack.

The post of Hamas chief has been vacant since Haniya’s death. Until now, the names of various people were heard for this position, but finally Yahya Sinwar was chosen by the resistance fighters. In a brief statement, Hamas said the Islamic Resistance Movement has announced the election of Hamas commander Yahya Sinwar as head of the movement’s political bureau. He succeeded the martyred Commander Ismail Haniyeh.

Yahya Sinwar is 61 years old. Israel sees him as the main planner behind the unprecedented attack by Hamas fighters who entered Israeli territory on October 7. In this attack, 1200 Israelis were killed and more than 200 Israelis were captured by Hamas and brought to Gaza.