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Report: Gazan Hamas members elected Khaled Mashaal as movement’s leader, unclear if other areas voted yet

2026-05-04

[IsraelTimes] The Lebanese newspaper al-Akhbar reports that Hamas
Hamas

..a regional Iranian catspaw,...
members in the Gazoo
...Hellhole adjunct to Israel and Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, inhabited by Gazooks. The place was acquired in the wake of the 1967 War and then presented to Paleostinian control in 2006 by Ariel Sharon, who had entered his dotage. It is currently ruled with a rusty iron fist by Hamas with about the living conditions you'd expect. It periodically attacks the Hated Zionist Entity whenever Iran needs a ruckus created or the hard boyz get bored, getting thumped by the IDF in return. The ruling turbans then wave the bloody shirt and holler loudly about oppression and disproportionate response...
Strip have completed voting in internal elections and have elected Khaled Mashaal as overall leader of the movement — also known as head of its political bureau.

Khalil al-Hayya was elected Hamas leader in Gaza and Zaher Jabareen was picked the group’s head in the West Bank, the report says.

Al-Hayya and Jabareen were already serving in those roles without elections being held — they assumed the positions in the wake of Israel’s assassinations of Yahya Sinwar and Saleh al-Arouri, respectively.

However,
denial ain't just a river in Egypt...
the report by the pro-Hezbollah daily notes that the results only reflect the Gaza vote.

It does not mention whether voting has already taken place in the other arenas that are also part of the overall decision-making process —- the West Bank and abroad.

The terror group has not yet issued an official statement on the matter.

Hamas generally holds leadership elections every four years, but the latest vote, initially scheduled for 2025, was delayed by the war sparked by the terror group’s October 7, 2023, massacre. During the war, Israel assassinated most of the group’s senior political and military commanders.

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