Hamas Names October 7 Architect Yahya Sinwar, Hiding Underground, as New Leader

Hamas announced Tuesday that it had named Gaza-based leader Yayha Sinwar as its new leader to replace political chief Ismail Haniyeh, who was killed in Tehran, Iran, last week while attending the presidential inauguration there. Sinwar, who is regarded as the architect of the October 7 terror attack in which Hamas murdered 1,200 Israelis, is thought to be hiding underground in a tunnel in Gaza, possibly surrounded by Israeli hostages as human shields. Sinwar was selected by Hamas’s 50-strong Shura Council, a consultative body composed of officials elected by Hamas...