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Khalil al-Hayya, a senior Hamas official based in Qatar, expressed the group’s sorrow in a video statement broadcast by Al Jazeera, mourning Sinwar as a “great leader” and “martyred brother.” Sinwar emerged as Israel’s most wanted man after the October 7, 2023, attack, which has been described as the deadliest in Israeli history.
Hayya asserted that Hamas would draw strength from Sinwar’s killing, noting that he has now joined “the leaders and symbols of the movement who preceded him.” As Gaza’s leader throughout the ongoing conflict, Sinwar had been named the overall chief of Hamas in August, following the assassination of the group’s political bureau chief, Ismail Haniyeh, in Tehran on July 31..
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