GAZA CITY, Aug 4 — Hamas announced yesterday its leaders have begun a process to select a new political bureau head following the assassination of Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran, Iran.
“Following the martyrdom of our head (Haniyeh), the movement’s leadership has started a broad consultation process within its leadership and advisory institutions to choose a new head for the movement,” Anadolu quoted Hamas in a statement.
Hamas said Haniyeh’s killing would “only make Hamas and the Palestinian resistance stronger and more determined to continue his path and approach”.
It said it would announce the results of consultations once they are complete.
Haniyeh was assassinated early Wednesday in an attack Iranian officials blamed on Israel. Haniyeh’s bodyguard was also killed.
Haniyeh was in Tehran for the inauguration of Iran’s new president Masoud Pezeshkian.
— Bernama
