Khaled Meshaal has stepped in as the acting head of Hamas following the death of Yahya Sinwar, the movement’s political bureau chief, according to the Lebanese channel LBCI, citing informed sources.
Meshaal, who previously led Hamas, is now tasked with handling key negotiations, including discussions about prisoners, a role that Sinwar had held.
The sources revealed that "the Hamas leadership informed Turkish, Qatari and Egyptian officials about the death of the head of its political bureau, Yahya Sinwar, during an operation in Tel al-Sultan."
According to Interfax, Hamas also reported that after the killing of Sinwar, negotiations on the exchange of prisoners and an end to the war in the Gaza Strip will become "increasingly difficult and confusing."
Earlier, the Israel Defense Forces confirmed that it had killed Hamas political bureau chief Yahya Sinwar in an attack in the Gaza Strip.
