VENO tv: Who will replace Hamas Leader Yahya Sinwar? 3 Tips To Succeed Him Date: 18-10-24
If Mohammed Sinwar — Yahya’s brother — assumes command, “negotiations are totally screwed,” one US official said. Mohammed Sinwar, according to a former official, is cut from the same hardline cloth as his brother, who the US long believed was willing to sacrifice Palestinian civilians to achieve his vision. His brother, Mohammed, has overseen Hamas’s tunnel building network, according to a former US official.
“But with much of the group exhausted, [its] preference might be for an outsider who might be more likely to deal,” this person said. In July, CNN reported that Sinwar was under pressure from his own over-stretched commanders to put a stop to the bloodshed.
Another possibility is Khalil Al Hayya, who has been one of the lead negotiators for Hamas during ceasefire talks held in Doha. Because of that, he is “probably who the US would want,” the former official said. Al Hayya took over as the principal negotiator after the July assassination of Ismael Haniyeh in Tehran, which is widely believed to have been carried out by Israel.
A third option would be Khaled Meshaal — an obvious choice for Hamas, but an unlikely one because of his past support for a Sunni uprising against Syrian President Bashar al Assad. The episode caused a rift between Hamas and its patron, Shia-dominated Iran. It also damaged Meshaal’s leadership ambitions.
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