There have been speculations following Hamas Leader Yahya Sinwar was killed by the Israeli Defence Forces (IDF), regarding who will lead the terrorist organisation after Sinwar. According to the media reports, Hamas will not be getting a new Chief for the next five months. Initially, after the killing of Yahya Sinwar, many names of Hamas leaders were being discussed as his potential successor, the latest reports suggest that the terrorist organisation will not get a new Chief for the next several months.
According to the media reports, the Hamas leadership’s approach is not to appoint a successor to the late chief, the martyr Yahya Sinwar. A five-member committee, which was elected in August following the killing of Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran, will be jointly leading Hamas as the war between Israel and Palestine rages on. This committee ‘will take over the leadership of the group’.
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The committee reportedly includes Khalil al-Hayya, Zaher Jabarin and Khaled Meshaal representing Gaza, West Bank and Palestinians. Mohammed Darwish the Hamas’ Shura Advisory Council Head and Political Bureau Secretary is also part of the committee. All members of this committee are based in Qatar and this committee has been asked to ‘govern the movement during the war and exceptional situations, as well as its future plans’. The committee also has the power to ‘make strategic decisions’.
According to the media reports, while for now a five-member committee will lead Hamas, the terrorist organisation will get its next Chief not before the next elections that is likely to be held in March, 2025 ‘if conditions permits’. The killing of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar by Israeli forces in Gaza has left the Palestinian militant group in search of new leadership for the second time in less than three months. Notably, Sinwar replaced Hamas’ previous leader, Ismail Haniyeh, following Haniyeh was killed in July in a blast in Iran that was widely blamed on Israel.
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