Sinwar will now lead the resistance movement from an unknown location in Gaza, amid fears of a wider escalation across the region.
Hamas has appointed its Gaza leader Yahya Sinwar as the political chief at-large to succeed Ismail Haniyeh, who was assassinated in a suspected Israeli attack in Tehran last week.
The announcement by the Palestinian group came on Tuesday as tensions skyrocket across the Middle East, with Iran promising revenge against Israel for Haniyeh’s killing on its soil.
Israel has not confirmed or denied its involvement in the July 31 attack.
Seen as the architect of the October 7 attack against Israel, Sinwar will now try to push the movement through uncertain times across the region from an unknown location in Gaza.
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