His appointment as the brand new chief of Hamas comes lower than per week after Haniyeh was killed in Tehran.
Iran and Hamas have blamed Israel for his assassination. Israel has declined to touch upon the killing.
Hamas’s Oct 7 assault resulted within the loss of life of 1,198 individuals, principally civilians, in keeping with an AFP tally primarily based on official Israeli figures.
In the course of the assault, militants additionally seized 251 individuals, 111 of whom are nonetheless held captive in Gaza, together with 39 the navy says are useless.
Israel’s retaliatory navy marketing campaign in Gaza has up to now killed at the very least 39,653 individuals, in keeping with the well being ministry within the Hamas-run territory, which doesn’t present particulars on civilian and militant deaths.
