The new Hamas ruler, Sinwar, is reportedly hiding under the Gaza Strip. According to a report, he is being represented in the indirect negotiations on a ceasefire.
The Islamist terror group Hamas is said to have appointed a new negotiator for the talks on a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip following the killing of its foreign chief Ismail Haniya. Khalil al-Haya will represent Hamas in the indirect negotiations and will be subject to the instructions of its new leader Jihia al-Sinwar, reported the Saudi Arabian television station Al Hadath, citing three Palestinian sources, including a Hamas official. The frontman Haniya, who was recently killed in Tehran, had been considered Hamas’s chief diplomat.
Unlike his predecessor Haniya, who led a life of luxury in Qatar as head of the Politburo, Sinwar has been in hiding since the Hamas massacre he commanded in the Israeli border region on October 7 last year. He is believed to be somewhere in the extensive network of tunnels under the blockaded coastal strip. While Hamas leadership was previously divided between a leader for the Gaza Strip and one outside the coastal region, power is now concentrated in Sinwar’s hands.
It is still uncertain how this will affect the efforts to achieve a ceasefire in the Gaza war. Even before Haniya’s killing, Sinwar was considered the “final authority” with regard to Hamas’ positions in the indirect negotiations with Israel, in which Qatar, Egypt and the USA act as mediators. Sinwar was relentless in the negotiations on an exchange of more than a hundred hostages held by Hamas in return for Palestinian prisoners. He has so far strictly rejected compromises with Israel.
Source: Stern
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