Israel FM calls to ‘swiftly eliminate’ new Hamas chief Sinwar

Yahia al-Sinwar (C), Gaza Strip chief of the Palestinian Islamist Hamas movement, waves to supporters as he arrives to attend a rally marking Al-Quds (Jerusalem) Day, an annual commemoration in support of the Palestinian people, in Gaza City on April 14, 2023. Hamas named al-Sinwar on August 6 as new political leader, a week after his predecessor Ismail Haniyeh’s killing in Tehran which has sent regional tensions soaring. FILE PHOTO/Agence France-Presse

JERUSALEM — Israel’s foreign minister called on Tuesday to “swiftly eliminate” Yahya Sinwar, who was appointed by Hamas as the group’s new political leader replacing Ismail Haniyeh who was killed in Tehran last week.

“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 organisation off the face of the Earth,” Foreign Minister Israel Katz said in a statement on social media site X.

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