Hamas Announces: Yahya Sinwar to Replace Ismail Haniyeh

The Hamas terrorist organization announced on Tuesday evening, August 6, that Yahya Sinwar, the terrorist organization’s leader in the Gaza Strip, will replace Ismail Haniyeh as the leader of the organization’s political bureau following Haniyeh’s assassination in Tehran last week. 

Sinwar is one of the masterminds behind the massacre of October 7, 2023, in which 1,200 Israelis were murdered and 250 were taken hostage into Gaza, where 115 remain in captivity 10 months later. 

Red alert sirens were activated in many localities in southern Israel shortly after the announcement was made, including in Sderot and Ashkelon. 

The IDF announced that following the sirens that sounded a short while ago in southern Israel, approximately three launches were identified crossing from northern Gaza. One launch was intercepted and the rest fell in open areas. No injuries were reported. 

Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katz said in response to the Hamas announcement, “The appointment of arch-terrorist Yahya Sinwar as the new leader of Hamas, replacing Ismail Haniyeh, is yet another compelling reason to swiftly eliminate him and wipe this vile organization off the face of the earth.” (INN / VFI News)

“Our Heavenly Father, we trust in Your perfect Will and plan for our individual lives as well as for Israel overall. We pray for the safety of the ones we love and we thank You for protecting so many of us during the 10 months of this violent war. We continually pray for an end to this war, the minimization of the loss of human lives, the return of our hostages, the true repentance of the criminals, and the elimination of all the terrorist groups that have been wreaking havoc in the land You have given us. In Yeshua’s name we pray, amen.”