Following the assassination of Ismail Haniyeh, Hamas has selected Yahya Sinwar, as its new political leader.
This is the Hamas leader in Gaza, the primary planner of the October 7 attacks, and the guy that makds other Hamas militants look moderate by comparison.
As I noted, the selection of the most radical possible person as leader is a fairly normal response to an assassination:
Hamas has named Yahya Sinwar as the new head of its political bureau, elevating the hardline militant to the group’s top post after the assassination in Tehran of its previous political leader.
Sinwar’s appointment was announced in a brief statement by Hamas on Tuesday that was aired on pro-Hamas Iranian state media channels.
Sinwar, the Hamas military leader who is seen as the mastermind behind the 7 October attack against Israel, is believed to be hiding in the series of tunnels underneath Gaza. He is the group’s chief decision-maker in Gaza, and is believed to hold control over the estimated 120 Israeli hostages who are still in Hamas’s custody.
Sinwar succeeds Ismail Haniyeh, the former Hamas political chief who was killed in a bombing attack last week that Hamas and Iranian officials blamed on Israel. The assassination came during the inauguration of Iran’s new president and has further stirred fears of a larger regional war involving Iran, which backs Hezbollah in Lebanon and Hamas in Gaza. Iran has promised to retaliate against Israel for the attack on its soil.
Of course, Netanyahu won't care about this.
An end to the war means an end to his role as Israel's Prime Minister, and the end of his role as Prime Minister means a trial and an almost certain conviction on corruption charges.
Netanyahu would burn down all of Israel if he could preside over its ashes.
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