Who will lead Hamas after killing of Yahya Sinwar?

Two Hamas officials told the BBC discussions to take a successor for the group's person Yahya Sinwar, whose sidesplitting was confirmed connected Thursday, volition statesman precise soon.

The officials said that Khalil al-Hayya, Sinwar's lawman and the group's astir elder authoritative extracurricular Gaza, is considered a beardown candidate.

Al-Hayya, who is based successful Qatar, presently leads the Hamas delegation successful ceasefire talks betwixt the radical and Israel, and possesses a heavy knowledge, transportation and knowing of the concern successful Gaza.

Hamas leaders volition convene erstwhile again to prime a successor for Sinwar, who was Israel's astir wanted man, conscionable 2 months aft the sidesplitting of erstwhile person Ismail Haniyeh successful Tehran.

A elder Hamas authoritative had described Sinwar arsenic the designer of the 7 October attacks, emphasising that his assignment was intended arsenic a bold connection of defiance against Israel.

Since July, ceasefire negotiations person stalled, and galore judge that Sinwar's enactment was a important obstacle to immoderate ceasefire deal.

Despite the sidesplitting of Sinwar, a elder Hamas authoritative reiterated to the BBC that the movement's conditions for accepting a ceasefire and the merchandise of Israeli hostages person not changed.

Hamas continues to request a implicit Israeli withdrawal from Gaza, an extremity to hostilities, the transportation of humanitarian aid, and the reconstruction of the war-torn territory - conditions that Israel has categorically rejected, insisting that Hamas indispensable surrender.

When questioned astir Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's telephone for Hamas to springiness up its weapons and surrender, officials from the question responded: “It is intolerable for america to surrender.

"We are warring for the state of our people, and we volition not judge surrender. We volition combat until the past slug and the past soldier, conscionable arsenic Sinwar did.”

The assassination of Sinwar was 1 of the astir important losses for the organisation successful decades. However, contempt the challenges of replacing him, Hamas has a past of enduring enactment losses since the 1990s.

While Israel has succeeded successful sidesplitting astir of Hamas’s leaders and founders, the question has proven resilient successful its capableness to find caller ones.

Amidst this crisis, questions linger regarding the destiny of Israeli hostages held successful Gaza and who volition beryllium liable for their information and protection.

In this context, Mohammed Sinwar, Yahya Sinwar’s brother, has emerged arsenic a pivotal figure. He is believed to beryllium starring the remaining equipped groups of Hamas and whitethorn play a important relation successful shaping the aboriginal of the question successful Gaza.

As Hamas navigates this captious moment, the warfare successful Gaza goes on.

Dozens of radical were killed successful Jabalia exile campy successful northbound Gaza connected Saturday arsenic Israeli troops intensified attacks against what Israel says are Hamas attempts to regroup.