Hamas on Tuesday named Yahya Sinwar, its top official in Gaza who masterminded the Oct. 7 attacks in Israel, as its new leader in a dramatic sign of the power of the Palestinian militant group’s hardline wing after his predecessor was killed in a presumed Israeli strike in Iran.

The selection of Sinwar, a secretive figure close to Iran who worked for years to build up Hamas’ military strength, was a defiant signal that the group is prepared to keep fighting after 10 months of destruction from Israel’s campaign in Gaza and after the assassination of Sinwar’s predecessor, Ismail Haniyeh.

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    3 months ago

    I like how an orgy of indiscriminate mass murder of men, women, children and dogs requires a “mastermind”.

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      3 months ago

      I mean it was pretty wild that they used gliders to fly over the border while a coordinated barrage of rockets kept the iron dome busy. That kind of thing does require planning