Hamas taps 'ultimate institutional survivor' as terror chief, sending message to Israel: expert

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Hamas' new leader, al-Hayya, 65, is unable to travel to the Gaza Strip and will be forced to lead the movement from Qatar. He takes over after Yahya Sinwar was killed by Israel two years ago. The 65-year-old himself survived an Israeli assassination attempt in Qatar.

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After two years of interim rule without a definite leader, Hamas has finally chosen the figure who will lead the movement from now on. It is Jalil Al Haya, born in Gaza 65 years ago and a veteran of Islamist formation since its origins in the 1980s. The appointment came Monday after a long internal debate in the General Council of the Shura, the organization’s highest decision-making body, which also shuffled the option of Jaled Meshal, who was …