Hamas has reportedly appointed Ezzedin al-Haddad — a longtime operative known as the “Ghost of al-Qassam” — as the new commander of its Gaza-based operations, following the targeted killings of its two previous leaders by the IDF. According to a Wall Street Journal report citing multiple sources, Haddad, 55, assumed leadership after the deaths of Yahya Sinwar and his brother Mohammed Sinwar, who had led the terror group’s activities in Gaza in succession over the past seven months. Yahya Sinwar, the mastermind of the October 7th massacre, was killed in an Israeli raid last year. His brother Mohammed, who took over in his place, was confirmed dead after Israeli forces retrieved his body from a tunnel beneath a hospital in southern Gaza.
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