Hamas names Sinwar, mastermind of the Oct. 7 attacks, as its new leader after Haniyeh assassination

Hamas has named Yahya Sinwar, its top leader in Gaza who masterminded the deadly Oct. 7 attack on Israel, as its new leader after his predecessor was killed during an airstrike in Iran. 

The move is certain to provoke Israel, which has put him at the top of its kill list after the Oct. 7 attack, in which militants killed 1,200 people in southern Israel and took about 250 as hostages.

In a statement, Hamas announced "the selection of Commander Yahya Sinwar as head of the movement’s political bureau...