Previously, he headed the Hamas office outside Palestine and was responsible for communications with the main parties in the negotiations with Israel and the issue of hostage release.
After the killing of Yahya Sinwar, Hamas was led by 68-year-old Khaled Meshal. Previously, he headed the group’s representative office outside Palestine. This was reported by the Lebanese broadcasting corporation LBCI, citing sources.
They confirmed that Meshaal has taken over the role of acting head of the movement and is now responsible for all communications with the main parties involved in the negotiations for the release of the hostages.
Meshaal served as head of the Hamas politburo from 1996 to 2017, after which he lost leadership to Ismail Haniyeh, who was killed in Tehran on July 31, 2024, during an Israeli airstrike. Recently Meshal has been living in Qatar. Before that he lived in Kuwait, Jordan, Syria.
It was previously reported that Hamas may be led by Khalil al-Hayya, who now lives in Qatar and heads the delegation for negotiations under international mediation on a cease-fire with Israel, and also leads officials who group meetings with its foreign allies.
The previous day, the IDF confirmed that Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar had been killed in the Gaza Strip. He is considered the main organizer and ideologue of the Hamas attack on Israel on October 7, 2023.
The Israeli military also showed the last minutes of the Hamas leader’s life.
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Source: korrespondent
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