The last leader of the militant group, political chief Ismail Haniyeh, was assassinated in Tehran last month. He was the pragmatic face of Hamas and said to be less hardline or militaristic than his successor, Yahya Sinwar.
Hamas has named the mastermind behind the 7 October attack, Yahya Sinwar, as its new leader. The group's last chief, Ismail Haniyeh, was assassinated in Tehran last month in what Hamas called a 'treacherous Zionist raid on his residence'. Israel has not claimed responsibility for the attack.
Read more:UNWRA staff fired over possible involvement in 7 Oct attackFamilies of UK embassy staff withdrawn from LebanonEyewitness: Inside the one place left for Gazans to go Hezbollah, the Lebanon-based, Iran-aligned group, congratulated Sinwar on his ascendancy, saying it 'confirms goals that the enemy seeks from killing leaders and officials failed in achieving its outcome'.
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