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In recent weeks, IDF and ISA forces, under the command of the Southern Command, have been operating in the southern Gaza Strip, following IDF and ISA intelligence that indicated the suspected locations of senior members of Hamas,
the Israeli military statement read Mohammed Sinwar is the head of the field battle, but he will not be Sinwar’s heir as head of the political bureau,
Hamas will not move urgently at the present time to choose a head of the political bureau,
Thabet al-Amour, a political analyst in Gaza, said Hamas each time became stronger and more popular, and these leaders became an icon for future generations,
Different cells of Hamas will continue fighting, but at the core of the movement, there's a vacuum there, and that will make it very difficult to coordinate,
This is a generation that has lost all hope... certainly in Gaza. If you have no hope, you've got nothing and nowhere to go, you've got nothing to lose,
Iran is Hamas strongest ally, which supports the group with money and weapons, and their blessing is key to who becomes Sinwar's successor,
said Abouelhoul, managing editor of the state-owned newspaper Al-Ahram in Egypt The killing of Sinwar is certainly a blow for Hamas given the important role he played within the organization,
Neil Quilliam, associate fellow at the Middle East and North Africa Program of London-based think tank Chatham House, told DW Hamas will recover by drawing upon a new generation of leaders, redeveloping its military and technological capacity and appealing to young Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank who have been brutalized by the conflict with Israel,
Once the responsibility for truce negotiations is transferred to Hamas leaders abroad, these negotiations will be subject to external calculations as well, because all these leaders abroad are influenced by the capitals in which they are located, and it is perhaps through these capitals that Hamas can make concessions and initiate a new policy,
Instead of capitalizing on Israel's tactical success to declare victory in Gaza, push for a cease-fire that could also end hostilities in Lebanon, and negotiate a prisoner exchange that would secure the release of the 101 remaining Hamas-held hostages, Prime Minister Benyamin Netanyahu insisted the war would continue until the Israeli military liberated the captives,
he wrote in his latest post on his political blog, ... The Turbulent World." You won't find a key event in Hamas's military buildup over the past 25 years in which Mohammed Sinwar wasn't involved,
one military source told the Jerusalem Post No one in Hamas understands Israel's covert operational patterns better than him. He conducted all the interrogations himself, learning everything from start to finish,
one official told the media outlet We’ll see how things evolve,
he said from a NATO summit in Brussels when asked about Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s vow to continue fighting in Gaza He met his end standing brave, with his head held high, holding his firearm, firing until the last breath, until the last moment of his life,
Hayya stated on the Hamas-affiliated Al-Aqsa TV, as quoted by Al Jazeera Hamas will continue until the establishment of the Palestinian state on all Palestinian soil with Jerusalem as its capital,
he declared, as quoted by Al Jazeera The forces identified three terrorists who were going from home to home on the run,
Israeli army spokesman Daniel Hagari said in a briefing [The ... The hostages] will not return... unless the aggression against our people in Gaza stops,
the senior Hamas official said in his statement We mourn the great leader, the martyred brother, Yahya Sinwar, Abu Ibrahim,
Qatar-based Hamas official Khalil Al Hayya said in a recorded video statement broadcast by Al Jazeera We have before us a great opportunity to stop the axis of evil and create a different future,