New York Times: “Hamas announced on Tuesday that it had chosen Yahya Sinwar, one of the architects of the deadly Oct. 7 attack, as the next head of the group’s political office, consolidating his power over the militant group as it continues the war with Israel.”
“Mr. Sinwar, who spent two decades in Israeli prisons, has been long viewed by Israeli officials as a sophisticated strategist with a keen understanding of their society. He has been Hamas’s leader in Gaza since 2017. But he will now replace Ismail Haniyeh, the group’s top political leader, who was a key liaison in the indirect cease-fire talks with Israel.”
