Resistance Axis praises choice of Yahya Sinwar as new Hamas leader
Israeli officials renewed their vow to ‘eliminate’ Sinwar after his selection as the head of Hamas’ political bureau
Yemen’s Ansarallah, Lebanon’s Hezbollah, and others have congratulated Yahya Sinwar on his election to the leadership of the Hamas movement’s political bureau, after Israel’s assassination of Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran at the end of last month.
Ansarallah spokesman and head of Sanaa’s UN delegation, Mohammad Abdulsalam,congratulated Sinwar in a statement on 7 August. “We ask God Almighty to grant the leader Sinwar support and guidance to carry out this responsibility in this historic phase of the confrontation with the Israeli enemy,” Abdulsalam said in a statement on 7 August.
Hezbollah said on 6 August that “the selection of brother Yahya Sinwar, from the heart of the besieged Gaza Strip, who is with his Mujahid brothers on the front lines of the resistance and among his people under the rubble, siege, killing and starvation, is a confirmation that the goals sought by the enemy in killing leaders and officials have failed to achieve their anything.”
“It is a strong message to the Zionist enemy and behind it the United States and its allies that the Hamas movement is united in its decision, firm in its principles, steadfast in its major choices, and is determined to continue [fighting],” Hezbollah added.
The Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) movement and other Palestinian resistance groups congratulated Sinwar on Tuesday.
After Hamas’ announcement, Israeli officials renewed their vow to kill the newly appointed chief of the resistance group’s political bureau – who they call the “mastermind” of the Operation Al-Aqsa Flood that launched on 7 October.
Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katz said the decision was “yet another compelling reason to swiftly eliminate him and wipe this vile organization off the face of the earth.”
The spokesman for the Israeli army, Daniel Hagari, said “there is only one place for Yahya Sinwar and that is next to Muhammad Deif and all the terrorists who are responsible for October 7. This is the only place we are preparing and designating for him,” adding that “the hunt for Sinwar will not stop until we catch him, dead or alive.”
US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken said Sinwar “has been and remains the primary decider when it comes to concluding a ceasefire. And so, I think this only underscores the fact that it is really on him to decide whether to move forward with a ceasefire that manifestly will help so many Palestinians in desperate need.”
Hamas announced its decision to elect Sinwar as the new political bureau chief earlier on Tuesday.
“The Islamic Resistance Movement Hamas announces the selection of Commander Yahya Sinwar as the head of the political bureau of the movement, succeeding the martyr Commander Ismail Haniyeh, may [God] have mercy on him,” Hamas said in a statement.
Sinwar is currently inside the besieged Gaza Strip and, despite being pursued by Israeli forces, remains in contact with resistance fighters on the ground.
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