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Hamas named Yahya Sinwar as successor to former political chief Ismail Haniyeh, who was assassinated in Teheran last week, the group said on Tuesday, in a move that reinforces the group's path pursued since the Oct 7 attack on Israel. Sinwar, the architect of the most devastating attack on Israel in decades, has been in hiding in Gaza, defying Israeli attempts to kill him since the start of the conflict. ▲ Yahya Sinwar "The appointment means that Israel needs to face Sinwar over a solution to Gaza war," said a regional diplomat familiar with the talks brokered by Egypt and Qatar, which are aimed at bringing a halt to the fighting in the Gaza and the return of 115 Israeli and foreign hostages still held in the enclave. "It is a message of toughness and it is uncompromising." Jibril Rajoub, secretary of the Central Committee of the Fatah movement in the West Bank, said the decision was "logical and expected". Hezbollah congratulated Sinwar and said the appointment a
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