Hamas said it chose Yahya Sinwar, the group's leader in Gaza and architect of the Oct. 7 attacks against Israel, to succeed the former head of its political wing, Ismail Haniyeh, who was killed last week in Tehran.

Hamas said it chose Yahya Sinwar, the group’s leader in Gaza and architect of the Oct. 7 attacks against Israel, to succeed the former head of its political wing, Ismail Haniyeh, who was killed last week in Tehran.