Hamas chooses Yahya Sinwar as new political leader

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Hamas announced it has chosen Yahya Sinwar as its new head of the political bureau.

The U.S.-designated Palestinian terrorist group announced the decision in a statement on Tuesday roughly a week after its last political bureau chief, Ismail Haniyeh, was assassinated in Tehran, Iran.

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