PNN – The Arabic newspaper Rai Alyoum wrote: The process of electing the new head of the Hamas political office will be very secretive and complicated, and this is due to the threats that will be directed at all Hamas members and prominent candidates to succeed the martyr Yahya Sanwar.
According to the report of Pakistan News Network, Rai Alyoum added: High-ranking Palestinian sources announced that Hamas will not announce the name of its head of office who will replace Martyr Sanwar in the current situation.
Some sources told Rai Alyoum that the process of choosing the new head of the Hamas political office will be very complicated because there will be threats to the members of the Hamas political office and the candidates considered to succeed Sinwar, putting them at risk of Israeli assassination.
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According to this media, some consultations and meetings in the Arab capitals will be confidential, and if there is an agreement on the name of the new head, according to the Hamas constitution, the name of the head of the political bureau of the Hamas movement will remain secret. Due to the brutal war in Gaza, the situation of this movement has undergone fundamental changes due to the criteria of war and politics.
These sources added: The head of the political bureau of Hamas is likely to be chosen from outside Gaza, especially since in the current situation, Hamas will need consultations at the Arab and international level to examine the situation in Palestine and the fate of Gaza after the war.
These sources considered the chances of “Khaled Meshaal” to succeed Sinwar more, especially that he was the head of the Hamas office for a long period from 1996 to 2017 and is currently the head of Hamas outside of Gaza, and strong relations with the Arab parties and between has an international
Rai Alyoum wrote: Previously, the Wall Street Journal, quoting its sources, reported on Senwar’s advice to Hamas to appoint a leadership council and administer a transitional period in the event of his assassination. This is despite the fact that since the first day of Al-Aqsa storm, the occupying regime has announced that it will assassinate the leaders of Hamas and has left the hands of its security and spy services free in this regard.
According to Rai Alyoum, a few days ago, “Khalil al-Hiya” a member of the Hamas Political Bureau announced the martyrdom of Yahya Sanwar, the head of the Hamas Political Bureau, during the conflict with the occupying army in the city of Rafah. The Israeli regime considers Senwar to be the engineer of the Al-Aqsa storm operation on October 7, 2023, which destroyed the security and intelligence reputation of this regime. On August 6th, Hamas replaced Sinwar with Ismail Haniyeh, who was assassinated by the Zionist regime on July 31st in Tehran.