While Yahya Sinwar’s Brother Is Replacing the Slain Hamas Leader in Gaza, the Terrorist Group’s Next Top Leader Is in Question

Doha-based Khaled Mashaal reportedly has been chosen as the group’s acting political leader. Even if true, Hamas watchers say much internal struggle awaits the organization before a new leader assumes power — if at all.

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Khaled Mashaal during his mother's funeral on September 4, 2016, at Amman, Jordan. Jordan Pix/ Getty Images

If Hamas is to survive as a terrorist organization bent on destroying Israel and replacing it with an Islamist state, it will need a leader to replace the ruthless, charismatic, and blood-thirsty Yahya Sinwar, who was killed at Rafah on Wednesday. So, who’s next? 

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